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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2015
Mysteries HISTORIC
of the
North
Coast
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PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
By JEFF SMITH
Special to The Daily Astorian
his carving was recently donated to the Co-
lumbia River Maritime Museum by a per-
son who said it had come off the beach at
Manzanita back before 1968.
,t appears to be a carving of a religious ¿gure ²
guesses range from St. Christopher to St. George
² from an altar piece or a furniture leg.
The wood looks to be oak and although Àush on
three sides, there is no evidence of tool marks.
The museum plans to have it tested to determine
a date of origin for the wood and a species identi¿-
cation which may help to explain how it arrived on
our shores.
Could it be a telltale fragment of a wrecked
Manila galleon? Or is it just a discarded bit of old
furniture? One thing is certain ² the person who
carved it was a talented craftsman.
Jeff Smith is curator at the Columbia River Mar-
itime Museum.
Photo courtesy of Columbia River Maritime Museum
A wood carving washed up on the beach at Manzanita.
Who needs pants at
Burger King, anyway?
?
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his past week was apparently clothing-optional in Astoria.
Pants off at Burger King. Shirt off near the Astoria River-
front Trolley. Teenagers, meanwhile, are still being teen-
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