Artist/Maker
Zinke, Henri (attributed)
fl. c1855-62
Title
Bark Dominga work box
Mediumwood, walrus ivory, bone
Dimensions4 5/8 × 11 3/8 × 8 1/4 in. (11.7 × 28.9 × 21 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.278
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA wooden box with a hinged lid with walrus ivory inlays in the four corners, four tetrakeles, two four-pointed stars with ring and wood circles in center, two arrow-head shapes with circles in center, and four fan shapes at the corners of a rectangular sawtoothed edged plaque. The sides of the lid have whale skeletal bone corners with decorative dots and whale skeletal bone strip and semi-circular cut-outs on the front edge and walrus ivory inlay in sawtooth pattern on the sides. The main box has whale skeletal bone corners with decorative dots, whale skeletal bone strip with semi-circular cut-outs along top front; two eight point sunbursts of walrus ivory, with wood ring and walrus ivory circle in center; and four triangular decorations between stars. The sides have walrus ivory sawtooth inlay at top, two walrus ivory tetrakeles with four pointed walrus ivory star and ring in center with wood circular insert between tetrakeles. Bottom edge of the front and side has a whale skeletal bone strip with scalloped edge and decorative dots at the center of each scallop.ProvenanceKranzler, 10/26/1956; Kendall Whaling Museum; NBWMOn View
On view
Aiken, Capt. Warren
1800s
19th Century
19th Century
mid 19th Century
19th Century
19th Century
19th Century
