L3629

Equipment model; Anchor model; Killick Long Caption: Scale: Unknown. A model of a half killick from Le Passage, R Elom, Finistere consisting of a single thick crescent shaped arm tapering to a point at its ends, made of wood with two wooden rods dowled through enclosing an oval-shaped, light brown stone which is set at a right angle to the arms. The two rods are then lashed together just above the stone and at four places on the vertical and parallel shank. There is a rope cable forming an eye at the top end of the anchor which then runs down the shank and around the stone and is secured to one end of the curved arm. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK Object: ZBA4789 Artist: unknown Date: unknown Medium: wood; stone; twine Size: 80 mm x 55 mm x 25 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.