Figurehead from ship SEMINOLE

Figurehead from ship SEMINOLE

Polychromed wood figurehead of the ship, later bark, SEMINOLE. Headdress red and yellow, cape brown, skirt black, belt, chain and armlets yellow, tan moccasins beaded with red, white and yellow. Acquired from Port Adelaide Museum, Australia. Ref: F.C. Matthews, "American Merchant Ships, 1850-1900", pp. 286-289. Restored by Norman Swanson, 12/66. Illustrated in "The Log", Vol. 29, No. 3, 10/1977. SEMINOLE (bu. 1865, Maxson, Fish & Co., Mystic, for Lawrence Giles & Co., NY. 196 x 41.6 x 25, 1439 tons, carved by Campbell & Colby of Mystic, CT). Attribution by W. N. Peterson.