Date19th Century
Mediumwhale skeletal bone
Dimensions2 × 10 1/8 in. (5.1 × 25.7 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.296
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA pestle (or "potato masher") made of turned whale skeletal bone with twelve circumferential grooves in the handle (8) and the masher (4).ProvenanceAcquired prior to 1931; Kendall Whaling Museum; NBWMOn View
Not on viewCirca 1850
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Aiken, Capt. Warren
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Maker once known
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