Equipment model; Anchor model; Killick

Scale: Unknown. A model of a killick from Cote De Golconde. India consisting of two flat slightly curved pieces of wood tapering to a point at their ends to form a flat cross shape. There is a small conical shaped stone with a flat bottom which has been artificially shaped, on top of the wooden cross which is held in position by four wooden sticks coming up through the wooden cross. The sticks are lashed together with a rope above and below the stone and at the top to form a neck.

Object Details

ID: ZBA4782
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: 70 mm x 50 mm x 45 mm