After two years, the 17th-century wooden statue Barry is back in its place in the Havenboetje in Den Oever. About a hundred meters away, he was taken off board for the first time in 2022. Visserman Victor Ayal fisted The impressive statue along the coast of Texel up and that turned the museum world upside down.
Despite all those years at the bottom of the sea, the image is still well intact and many details are clearly visible. Nevertheless, Visserman Victor did not like all the publicity because of his find and he donated the statue to the Nautical Heritage Wieringen Foundation. “At a certain point I could no longer do my job normally, my phone remained red -hot”, ” told he against NH.
Volunteers from the foundation then traveled in the city and country in recent years. For example, Barry has been for research into universities in Groningen and Ghent.
Paleworms and nails
After all these years, more is now known about Barry. He would have stood somewhere around 1650 as an ornament on a staircase outside on the middle deck of a ship. And thanks to a CT scan we know that there is a crack in the image. It runs exactly through the middle, the growth of the tree. The image is further affected by pole worms and nails.
The images below show how Barry goes through a CT scan at the University of Groningen (text continues under the video)