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derful carved 
stern which 
doubtless once did 
service on some 
local ~ merchant- 
man. 
‘Perhaps the 
most warlike in- 
signia shown is 
over the porch of 
the Peabody 
House at Marble- 
head where Tour- 
maline rears his 
crested head look- 
ing out to sea, 
watching for the 
ill-fated ship 
which was once 
his home. 
Many of these 
ornaments. were 
very highly color- 
ed and the sailors 
were very proud 
of the emblems, 
taking as much 
care of them as 5 
they did of the eA Slee ; 
ships themselves. Figure-head of the Old C lipper 
Oftentimes when 
detained in port they would paint them over in their 
original colors. 
While the insignias were for the most part of peo- 
Unknown Figure-head at Essex In- 
stitute, Salem 
‘Indian Princess’’ 
at the Peabody Garden, Marblehead 
the ‘‘Iecelander,’’ which was designed by the Wheel- 
wrights of Newburyport. 
Thousands of figure-heads have disappeared al- 
pie, yet with the coming in of the straight prow they 
often showed animals. One was the reindeer which was 
fastened to the bow of the ship and whose legs seem- 
ingly leaped into the sea; and the dog star, where 
a greyhound appeared as if running at full speed. 
Tudor, the great ice-king at Nahant, sent ships 
loaded with ice to foreign lands. These had figure- 
heads illustrative of their cargoes, as for instance, 
together. The vessels bearing them have in many in- 
stances been destroyed, together with the ornaments, 
while others have been consigned to the junk heap. 
Scattered here and there, however, in gardens, muse- 
ums, and on estates, are left a few of these old in- 
signias,—memorials of the days when no ship left port 
without one at its prow. 
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