Fluted knob pointer
Artist/Maker Sherman, Albert Century.
Title

Fluted knob pointer

Date1800s
Mediumwhale ivory, whale skeletal bone, baleen
Dimensions7/8 × 7/8 × 31 1/2 in. (2.2 × 2.2 × 80 cm)
Object number00.22.27
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionLightweight tapered panbone shaft, the upper portion gradually resolving to octagonal; an octagonal band of sperm whale ivory flanked by two octagonal bands of baleen; fluted whale ivory knob pommel with octagonal lip and sides mortised onto the shaft.ProvenanceAttributed to Captain Albert C. Sherman; inherited by Albert C. Sherman, Jr.; donated 1930.
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