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1912.65.1

Marlinspike made from a tapering piece of whale bone. Decorated at the wider end with 9 incised transverse lines. [SM 12/11/2007]

1912.65.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Marlinspike made from a tapering piece of whale bone. Decorated at the wider end with 9 incised transverse lines. [SM 12/11/2007]
Cultural groups
English
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Unknown shop in Ipswich
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1912
Date collected
By 1912
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1912
Materials and processes
Material Whale Bone Animal, Process Carved, Process Incised
Dimensions
Width: max 35 mm, Length: max 372 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1912.65.1 Other numbers: 1912.ß.68
Research and responses

Marline-spike, marlinspike - An iron tool tapering to a point, used to separate the strands of rope in splicing, as a lever in marling, etc. [OED online] [AP 19/5/2000]

Presumably it may have been Henry Balfour that purchased this object [AP 14/05/2007]

Search terms: Cordage, Tool

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