Mediumivory
Dimensions1 1/8 × 9 7/8 in. (2.9 × 25.1 cm)
Object number00.200.311
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionCURVING IVORY IMPLEMENT WITH UNILATERAL EDGING AND PERFORATION AT DISTAL END, PROBABLY FOR WRIST THONG OR SUSPENSION CORD. THIS OBJECT IS OF UNCERTAIN USE, CERTAINLY FROM AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SETTING, JUDGING FROM ITS PATINA AND UNEVEN DARK AMBER COLORATION. POSSIBLY A BOOT SOLE CREASER.On View
Not on view
Date Unknown
1800-1880
19th Century
