Title

Dentistry

Date19th Century

Mediumwhale ivory

Dimensions2 1/2 × 6 1/4 in. (6.4 × 15.9 cm)

Object number1972.1.3

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionMonochrome engraved one side only, with two vignettes (left to right): a seated female figure of Columbia with flag and shield (with an indistinct symbolic figure on the shield); a man in cutaway tails and white pants, extracting a tooth from a man in similar garb seated in a high-back chair. Verso: polished, undecorated.

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