What is this rope configuration ? A Flemish knot? Something else?
This is a 4 stranded Thump (Carrick) mat (a flattened out Turk's Head).
Thanks so much. This is one picture of several I intend to post of the restored schooner Amistad used in the movie of the same name.
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