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Section of ship's wood (worn) with bronze spike inside it, rare provenance.

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Section of ship's wood (worn) with bronze spike inside it, rare provenance.
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Section of ship's wood (worn) with bronze spike inside it, rare provenance. 408 grams, 7-3/4" long. A common, round-shank spike with worn piece of dark and patinated wood adhering, rare as the first artifact we have ever offered from the paddlewheel steamer Birkenhead, which wrecked and sank quickly off Danger Point, South Africa, in February of 1852, and is famous for starting the traditional of "woman and children first" in terms of who was rescued from the disaster. With original certificate from the salvagers. Recovered from: Birkenhead, sunk in 1852 off South Africa