Panbone busk

Date19th Century

Mediumwhale skeletal bone

Dimensions1 3/4 × 13 3/8 in. (4.4 × 34 cm)

Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer

Object number2001.100.226

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionFaded polychrome engraved one side only. Rounded at both ends. Heart motif; potted plant; starboard broadside view of full-rigged ship (warship) flying USA flag and pennant, at anchor or approaching shore, with building and USA flag; a domed building (reminiscent of Middle Eastern/South Asian architecture; evidently a greenhouse) with a tree, five-pointed star inside two concentric circles.ProvenanceKendall Whaling Museum; NBWM

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