Artist/Maker
Marble, John C. - attributed
Title
John Marble Bodkin
DateCirca 1857-1860
Mediumwhale skeletal bone
Dimensions2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.1844
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA turned bodkin in the form of a fid, rounded top with three turned circumferential lines. The bodkin was made by Captain John Marble on the bark KATHLEEN of New Bedford, New Holland grounds, 1857-60.ProvenanceMarble Collection I - Acquired from Evelyn Holmes, 1981. See KWM "Topical Inventories" for more information of the Marble Collection gifts.On View
Not on view
Marble, John C. - attributed
Marble, John C.
Marble, John C.
Sullivan, John C.
