Title

yardstick

DateCirca 1847

Mediumwood, whale ivory, whale skeletal bone, non-ferrous metal, unidentified

Dimensions1 × 3/8 × 36 in. (2.5 × 1 × 91.4 cm)

Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer

Object number2001.100.623

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionMahogany straightedge yardstick with mahogany tips, inlaid on one side with whale ivory stars (3) and transverse diamonds (4) to mark the half, quarters, and eighths of a yard, fastened with non-ferrous metal pins and interspersed with kite-shaped whale ivory elongated diamonds; verso inlaid with two recessed panels enclosing paper inserts with the printed inscriptions "H.H." and "1847." respectively, each framed by an inset of whale skeletal bone and covered by a rectangle of unidentified material (one missing).ProvenanceKendall Whaling Museum; NBWM

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