Watch Chain

Mediumwhale ivory, baleen

Dimensions11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm)

Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer

Object number2001.100.693

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionSix hands with pointing fingers and square-shaped cuffs, full-round-carved out of whale ivory, interspersed on a chain of woven baleen links; with a fob of whale ivory carved in the form of a heart linked to a fouled anchor.ProvenanceJ.H. Harper 09/22/1958; Kendall Whaling Museum; New Bedford Whaling Museum

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