DateCirca 1870
Mediumwood, stone
Dimensions1 7/8 × 3 1/4 × 11 1/2 in. (4.8 × 8.3 × 29.2 cm)
Object number1977.31.8
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionAn irregular-shaped piece of fine grain Arkansas stone is inserted into a wood block. The whetstone is a rectangular wooden block tapered at one end with a half round cut at the bottom of the wide end. A groove is worn from there along the bottom.ProvenanceSaid to have belonged to Captain Stephen B. Gibbs (ONTARIO of Nantucket 1840 & 1843; NAPOLEON of New Bedford 1846On View
Not on view
1975-1988
Aiken, Capt. Warren
1700-1799
1856-1900
Circa 1900
19th Century
