Title

Panbone busk

Date19th Century

Mediumwhale skeletal bone

Dimensions[H] __[W]1 7/8" - 2 3/8" __[D] __[Dia] __[L]15 1/4"

Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer

Object number2001.100.207

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionPolychrome engraved one side only. Top rounded; bottom tapered, with chamfered corners. Stern view of a ship, outward bound, passing a promontory with lighthouse and headlands; ship passing a lighthouse with crashing waves; sperm whaling scene, larboard profile of a ship with tryworks smoke, and three whaleboats (two under sail), a fourth being smashed by a whale; a steep, eroded headland, on which is a compound of buildings, with an island and boat under sail in the distance. Reminiscent of the layout, technique, and architecture of the (British) scrimshaw artist ---Foster. Prows of two whaleboats appear to be painted or shielded in the British/Australian fashion (red highlights).ProvenanceKendall Whaling Museum; NBWM

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