L3610

Equipment model; Anchor model; Killick Long Caption: Scale: Unknown. A model of a killick from Newfoundland and Massachusetts Bay. The killick consists of two flat pieces of wood tapering to a point at their ends, which have been notched to form a flat cross shape. The single roughly rounded stone is held in place by four wooden sticks coming up through the wooden cross. The sticks are tied with twine to form a neck at the top and a large eye which has been whipped with cord to hold it together. The cable is attached by passing through the eye and knotted. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK Object: ZBA4754 Artist: unknown Date: unknown Medium: stone; wood; twine Size: 50 mm x 60 mm x 64 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.