Iron concretions from the wreck of the East-Indian sailor 't Vliegend Hart, who died in 1735. The seven fragments are orange-brown, purplishly discolored. The shape of the concretions cannot be determined with certainty which object was the source of the corrosion. A fragment encloses a piece of clay pipe stalk. Four fragments enclose a piece of wood, the Dutch East India Company, 't Vliegend Hart (ship), 1700 - 1735, concretionary stone, wood (plant material), pipe clay, h 7 cm × w 4.5 cm × d 2.5 cm × h 4.5 cm × w 3 cm × d 3 cm
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Iron concretions, wreck, East-Indian sailor 't Vliegend Hart, died, 1735, seven fragments, orange-brown, purplishly discolored, shape, concretions cannot, determined, certainty, object, source, corrosion, fragment encloses, piece, clay pipe stalk, Four fragments enclose, wood, Dutch East India Company, 't Vliegend Hart, ship, 1700, concretionary stone, plant material, pipe clay
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