Equipment model; Anchor model; Killick

Scale: Unknown. A model of a killick from Hampton, New Hampshire U.S.A. consisting of two flat pieces of wood tapering to a point at their ends which have been notched to form a flat cross shape. There is a single stone roughly rectangular in shape. This is held in place by four wooden sticks coming up through the wooden cross which are secured by rope around the stone at the top, middle and bottom as well as at the top of the rods to form a neck.

Object Details

ID: ZBA4753
Type: Equipment model; Anchor model; Killick
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Places: Devon; Southampton
Date made: Unknown
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 65 mm x 45 mm x 45 mm