Banknote Busk

Date1800s

Mediumwhale skeletal bone

Dimensions1 1/2 × 13 7/8 in. (3.8 × 35.2 cm)

Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer

Object number2001.100.1046

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionPanbone (whale skeletal bone) monochrome engraved one side only. Rounded corners at both ends. Vignettes (top to bottom): pineapple motif; standing figure of a woman in a fancy gown and elaborately feathered headdress; standing figure of a sailor leaning on an anchor, the anchor propped against a tree; figure of a woman seated on a bench under a tree; pineapple motif; borders and ornaments are distinctive leafy geometric filagree definitively characteristic of the Banknote Engraver. See 2011.1.10, source for image.ProvenanceWilliam Kranzler, New Bedford 08/10/1964 $187.50

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