The wood carving of the Greek goddess Euterpe on the bow of San Diego's historic ship is being treated for rot and repainted.
A figurehead on a sailing ship is meant to be a good-luck charm, the forward-facing eyes of a vessel as it slices through churning seas toward distant lands.has seen a thing or two in its 158 years, not all of them lucky.
of San Diego, which owns the Star. “We’re finding carvings on it we didn’t know were there. So it’s a bit of an archaeology dig too.”This is the figurehead’s second makeover since the former immigrant transport and salmon-fishing cargo ship was brought to San Diego in the 1920s. A wood carver made a new arm and attached it. The figurehead was back in place before the ship’s 125th anniversary Nov. 14, 1988.
George Sutherland, a volunteer at the Maritime Museum of San Diego, scrapes several layers paint off the Star of India’s figurehead, Euterpe.“It’s a tremendous responsibility to think that you have this treasure in your hands and you need to figure out how to keep her in good shape,” Sutherland said. “It’s a privilege too.”By chance, Sutherland shares a first and last name with the carver in Glasgow, Scotland, who made the figurehead in the 1860s. As far as he knows, they’re not related.
After several years of running cargo, the 200-foot-long, iron-hulled ship was bought by a company that transported immigrants to New Zealand. Over the next quarter-century, it made 21 circumnavigations.
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