Title
mask
Mediumwhale skeletal bone
Dimensions6 × 8 in. (15.2 × 20.3 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.2055
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionDecorative relief-carved mask (not intended to be worn) of porous skeletal bone from a whale vertebra, the eyes formed by inlaid shells with pupils painted black, the teeth formed by square-cut pieces of shell (species not identified). Through-drilled atop the forehead to accommodate a hide strap (present).ProvenanceRobert C. Eldred Co., East Dennis, MA, 10/21/1989On View
Not on view
19th Century
late 19th Century
1725-1960
