Twine

Identifier: 1914.0015.001
Title: Twine
Creator: Lawrence, Benjamin 1799-1879
Measurements: 10.1 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 inches)
Materials: twine; ink; paper (fiber product); ivory (material)
Technique: writing (processes)
Date Created: 1820-1821
Location: Nantucket Whaling Museum
Subject: Shipwrecks; Shipwreck survival; Survival at sea
Description: A coil of twine sewn to a brown backing in an ivory frame. The backing features two handwritten inscriptions, one encircled by the twine and one encircling the twine.
Inscriptions: Inscribed, handwritten: Twine made by Benjamin Lawrence while in the Boat \ When the Ship Essex was shipwrecked. November 1819.; Inscribed, handwritten: They were in the Boat 93 Days.