Dominoes

Date19th Century

Mediumwhale skeletal bone, wood

Dimensions[H]Box: 1 1/8" __[W]Box: 2 3/4" __[D] __[Dia] __[L]Box: 3" __[Remarks]Each: 1 1/4" x 5/8"

Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer

Object number2001.100.1191

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

Description31 rectangles cut from sperm whale panbone, dots in red and blue pigment, wooden box with sliding lid.

The curled end of the sliding lid and spoon-drilled dots suggest an affinity with S-953 (2001.100.1490) and S-1194 (2001.100.1192).ProvenanceRider Collection, Hamilton, Mass., circa 1966

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