Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society : Physical Object : Wood Spoon [2007.012.0001]

Wood Spoon (2007.012.0001) by The Mel Fisher Maritime Museum on Sketchfab

Wood Spoon Physical Object

Accession Number

2007.012.0001

Creation Date

December 7 1858

Materials

Wood

Description

Wood spoon taken from captured slave ship in 1858. Spoon reads: Ketch-Brothers. Taken by the USS Marion off Mayumba Point West Coast of Africa Sept. 8th 1858. E.E Stone Dec. 7th 1858.

Ketch is the type of ship and Brothers is the name of the ship

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