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Wooden lime juicer found by Art McKee and pictured in the National Geographic.

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Maritime Start Price:700.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
Wooden lime juicer found by Art McKee and pictured in the National Geographic.
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Wooden lime juicer found by Art McKee and pictured in the National Geographic. 92.6 grams, 5½" long. This incredibly intact item was pictured on page 762 of the December, 1977, issue of National Geographic magazine with a picture of Art McKee. Wooden items like this usually did not survive the sea, but on this piece the wood is very solid and dark and even lustrous, consisting of a sturdy handle attached to a 6-bladed paddle for squeezing limes (which was ironic because the crew of this ship died of scurvy), with tiny bits of sediment in crevices, a piece that was on display in Art's museum on Plantation Key for many years but was never for sale. Pedigreed to Art McKee's Sunken Treasure Museum, with certificate and copy of the December, 1977, National Geographic magazine.