2868:: =Extraordinarily Rare= Honey Compass, ca.1870, Appalachia, American Chestnut

SKU-2868::

=Extraordinarily Rare=

Honey Compass: A home-made device employed to find wild honey bee hives.
Capture workers. Release a single worker. Follow the beeline of sight. Release another. Follow. Repeat until hive is located.

Period: ca.1870
Origin: Appalachia: greater Virginia
Composition: American Chestnut, Gourd, Glass, Cork.
Dimensions Compass Box: 4.25″H x 4″W x 5.5″D
Dimensions Gourd: 2 x 2.5″ (hen egg sized)
Weight: 275g

Condition: FINE
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Mentioned in Book: “Some Kind of Good” by Mark Clay Grove

USA 1870 c.H: 4.25"W: 4"D: 275g"Reference number: 2023.2868