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Bodkin
1800-186019th Century
4 1/2 in. x 1/8 in. x 1/8 in.
Captain Theodore Harris, (June 1, 1825–November 24, 1850)
Object Type:
Maritime Artifact
Medium and Support:
bone
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of Miss Mabel Harris
Accession Number:
1957.33
A bodkin carved from whale bone. It is a peg pointed at one end and squared at the other. The squared end has a small round hole. Bodkins were used to make holes in cloth so that a ribbon could be tied through.
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