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Whalebone double sheave block

double sheave block

SCRIMSHAW & ALLIED ARTS - BLOCKS
marad; 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