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Whalebone single sheave block
single sheave block
SCRIMSHAW & ALLIED ARTS - BLOCKSmarad; scrimshaw
Diam. 1-1/2"
Whalebone carving of single sheave block; round; red stains; center hole with smaller hole above. Collection of the actor Raymond McKee who starred in the 1922 silent film "Down to the Sea in Ships", which also featured the whaling vessel CHARLES W. MORGAN.
2001.128.22
Raymond McKee Collection