Wanderer Relic

OA Public Domain

Title

Wanderer Relic

Mediumwood

Dimensions7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)

Object number2004.73.8

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionLetter opener carved and assembled (with yellow-metal rivets) from three pieces of wood from the wreck of the whaling bark Wanderer of New Bedford (wrecked at Cuttyhunk Island, August 24, 1924). Ink holograph "FROM WRECK OF BARK / 'WANDERER' / NEW BEDFORD, MASS."

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