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Whalebone double sheave block
double sheave block
SCRIMSHAW & ALLIED ARTS - BLOCKSmarad; scrimshaw
L. 2-1/2", W. 1-3/4", D. 1-1/2"
Small whalebone double sheave block; iron axle; stained by serving twine/tar. 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.
2001.128.20
Raymond McKee Collection