Bone Fid
date: label: date made
content: 1800s
notes: label: Description
content: Made of hard wood, bone, or ivory and tapering to a point, fids were used mostly for ropework, such as splicing. On deck, they were also used for breaking knots that might be frozen from overtightening, wet weather, or other conditions. In a pinch, one could also serve as a temporary belaying pin to tie off a line, or even as a weapon.
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Connecticut, Middletown
topic: label: related event
content: Expansion and Reform
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture and Natural Resources
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Natural Resources
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content: Transportation
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content: On the Water exhibit
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content: Art
label: Exhibition
content: On the Water
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: National Museum of American History. On the Water exhibition website
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: A.R. Crittenden
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.025650
label: catalog number
content: 025650
label: accession number
content: 4798
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fid, ivory
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bone (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/2 in x 1/2 in; 34.29 cm x 1.27 cm