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C06.538-1 Post Restoration Port Side
C06.538-3 Post Restoration Starboard Side
C06.538
Catalog Number C06.538
Title Model of Gundalow
Object Name Model, Ship
Description Wood model of Gundalow with leeboards. Good details of steering at rear, pulley system, hatches, oars and anchor and tee boards. The Gundalow sail is rigged and made of stiffened linen with a striped design. Has been mounted on a wooden base. On the base below the bow is a metal plate which says "From/Alvin Staples/to/Martin Frost."
Year Range from 1930
Year Range to 1945
Artist Attributed to Capt. Edward Adams
Material Wood & linen [stiffened]
Place of Origin US
Provenance Maker identified in a 1948 photo of the model (P15.442)
People Frost, Martin, 1889-1948
Staples, Alvin Fred, 1902-1983
Subjects Gundalow
ship models
water transportation