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Painted compass on board

Dimensions9 ft., 9 × 7 3/16 in. (274.3 × 22.9 × 18.3 cm)
Object number1942.12
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionPoints of the compass painted on a board with metal arrow and several washers. This compass was used to tell the direction of the wind. A rod coming through the roof turned the arrow. The compass is from the Samuel Rodman House.
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