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| - Checker
playing piece - |
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| - Knife
case- |
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| - Clystère
- (Syringe) |
The pottery, as we have seen, give much insight on the everyday life in
the 16th century, but it especially gives us a living testimony on the evolution
of the closed world of the seafarer.
The small number of personal effects illustrates the utter deprivation of
the crew members. A wooden comb with missing teeth, a knife case, and a
thimble are combined with leisure objects like playing die, a chess pawn
and a checker playing piece. The inventory indicates the meager wardrobe
of the sailors. The presence of sewing thimbles tells us that it is highly
likely that constant repairing, sewing and patching were commonplace to
make their clothing last as long as possible.
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| - Sewing thimble
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- Wooden combs
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Curiously enough, we have found these two objects: playing die and sewing
thimble on several shipwrecks from differing time periods. These symbolize
the way in which the sailors kept themselves occupied during their free
time.
Compared to these objects, the ones found belonging to the officers were
more numerous: table objects characterized by the beautiful majolica that
we have already described (see text on ceramics), but especially the pewter
pieces: plates, pitchers, spoons, candlesticks, and tableware such as cups
and bottles.
A square-toed shoe, which was also typical to the period, was also found.
Apart from the remains of edible objects such as pine nuts, peach pits,
hazel nuts, and pistachio nuts, most objects represent the different professions
that were practiced on board.
A balance scale, apothecary jars, and a lancet handle indicate the presence
of an apothecary.
In addition, the presence of money, account tokens and yarn scales indicate
commercial activities of some kind (sales person or clerk).
Only two compass arrows and fragments of an hourglass are left as reminders
of the navigator's duties.
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| - Compas arrows
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The presence of soldiers on board is seen through a number of important
objects such as parts of copper sword cases, sword blade fragments, suits
of armor, crossbows, and arquebuses.
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| - Baldrick
buckle - |
- Parts of
copper sword cases - |
We also found many objects related to different manual jobbs: jack planes,
shovels, bailers, buckets, mallets, and an auger or awl handle.
