Title
compass box
DateCirca 1870
Mediumwood, steel
Dimensions5 5/8 × 8 × 8 in. (14.3 × 20.3 × 20.3 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.10518
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionAn unmarked square wooden slick top box, missing the top. The box has old dovetail joints with steel nails and painted gray. The box was probably for a boat compass.Provenance"HWK" numbered objects are from Henry W. Kendall's personal collection, distinct from the larger Kendall Whaling Museum collection. On View
Not on view
1800s
1745-1925
Circa 1631
19th Century
19th Century
Date Unknown
