Panbone work basket

Date19th Century

Mediumwhale skeletal bone, wood, metal

Dimensions5 1/4 × 10 in. (13.3 × 25.4 cm)

Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer

Object number2001.100.456

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionCircular sewing basket or yarn basket constructed as a fence comprised of strips or slats of whale skeletal bone, carved, ornamentally pierced, riveted together, and fastened to a circular wooden base (bottom); the bottom ornamented with polychrome-incised concentric circles.

One of several baskets by the same hand: 00.215.1, Kendall Collection S-271 (2001.100.456), Kendall S-263 (2001.100.448), and possibly 1948.30.286.ProvenanceKendall Whaling Museum; NBWM

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