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Object Number
25-16-10/98182
Display Title
Killock (anchor)
Descriptions
Object Description
Killock. Wooden four pronged anchor, tag says “Martha’s Vineyard”
Object Description
Peabody Museum records indicate that this four-pronged killock (anchor) was collected from Gay Head on Martha’s Vineyard. Small anchors are useful items; when used with dugout canoes (mishoon), they enabled Wampanoag people to deftly navigate the waters of New England.
Inventory Description
Anchor, carved wood attached to thick forked tree branch amd rectangular stone
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1887
Culture
- Algonquian
- Aquinnah
- Wampanoag
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Massachusetts
/
Dukes County
Additional Geographic Terms
Martha's Vineyard
Materials
Wood, Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 54 × 72 × 50.8001 cm (21 1/4 × 28 3/8 × 20 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
98182
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Lombard C. Jones, 1925
Provenance
Previous owner
Woods Hole Biological Laboratory
(?)
Collector
Spencer Fullerton Baird
(?)
Donor
Dr. Lombard C. Jones
(1925)
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