Shipbuilding Tool
83-10-5
From: India | Mandvi
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 83-10-5 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Indian |
| Provenience | India | Mandvi |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Wood, iron nails. Used in shipbuilding. Ink drawing on shaft/handle indicates it may have been part of a winch/windlass/pully system. Shaft/handle portion badly split. Handle is attached so that rest of imlement can spin freely. "Shirai" written in ink of shaft/handle. |
| Credit Line | Commissioned by Nancy Pinto-Ortiz and Dr. Gregory L. Possehl, 1983 |
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