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NH 2353 Belfry

Belfry
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Title: Belfry
Caption: Carved belfry: the shelter built over the ship's great bell; always in our seventeenth century ships a richly decorated structure. The bell itself was usually a fixture and was struck by a lanyard attached to the clapper.
Description: From "Old Sea Wings, Ways and Words."
Catalog #: NH 2353
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Original Medium: BW Photo, Engraving
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