Ship: [[Unknown Ship 2 - (type) - (date)]]
Maker: attributed to [[Sampson, C.A.L. (carver)]] of Bath, ME
Past locations: [[Garden of Figureheads]], [[Peabody, Robert Swain (collector)]]
Current location: [[Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA]]
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Photograph by Sybil F. Joslyn.
Other Photographs:
[[---"Figurehead from the Ship 'Indian Princess'"]]
Artistic Renderings:
[[Moutal, Elizabeth - Figurehead from "Indian Princess"]]
References:
E. J. Carpenter and Mary H. Northend, “The Passing Of The Figure-Head,” _The Railroad Trainman_ 29, no. 11 (November 1912): 955. Pictured 954.
Mary H. Northend, “The Garden of Figureheads,” _International Studio_ 75, no. 304 (September 1922): 508. Pictured 504.
Notes:
- Described as having been modeled after a Hindu woman. (Carpenter & Northend, 1912)
- Noted as the oldest figurehead in the [[Garden of Figureheads]] and falling into decay. (Northend, 1922)
- Attributed to ship of the same name. (Northend, 1922)
- Previous research has indicated that this is incorrect. Likely belonged to a ship called "Pocahontas" or "Forest Belle" - still under investigation