Rectangular bowl

Mediumwood

Dimensions1 3/4 × 5 3/8 × 3 3/8 in. (4.4 × 13.7 × 8.6 cm)

Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer

Object number2001.100.4218

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionRectangular bowl, possibly made from koa, with a polished and coated finish.ProvenanceTimothy Reed was ostensibly from New Bedford (but is not listed in the City Directory or Vital records); shipped as boatsteerer, 1/95th lay, ship "Florida" of Fairhaven, Thomas W. Williams, sailed September 7, 1858; killed by whale August 9, 1859; ship sold at San Francisco in 1861, oil and bone shipped home.
A. J. Mandly sale, 1960 (Antone J. Mandly was the last owner of the schooner "John R. Manta" and commanded her last completed voyage, 1925; no other mention of an A. J. Mandly sale has been located; eBay claims exhibited "Hunt for the Whale," Museum of American Folk Art, New York, 1967.

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