Button box (kapdoos form)

Date19th Century

Mediumwhale skeletal bone, baleen, metal

Dimensions1 1/4 × 3 × 2 1/2 in. (3.2 × 7.6 × 6.4 cm)

Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer

Object number2001.100.1214

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionSmall box with baleen lid and bottom and whale skelatal bone sides. Undecorated except for traces of an engraving of a small flower on one side (stem completed and faintly visible); held together with metal fastenings.ProvenanceWilliam Kranzler, New Bedford 01/08/1964 $25.00

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