Panbone busk

Date19th Century

Mediumwhale skeletal bone

Dimensions1 3/4 × 13 7/8 in. (4.4 × 35.2 cm)

Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer

Object number2001.100.209

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionPartial polychrome engraved one side only. Top rounded, bottom scalloped. Potted plant, tree, larboard broadside portrait of a brig with pennants, potted plant, sloop motif (weathervane?), also with pennants, mounted on a stemmed cup device.ProvenanceKendall Whaling Museum; NBWM

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