Double-ended Busk
Title

Double-ended Busk

Mediumwhale skeletal bone
Dimensions1 1/2 × 13 1/4 in. (3.8 × 33.7 cm)
Object number1948.30.215
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionIndented arc one end, two lobes other end; polychrome engraved one side only. One half consists of a planter with a serpentine flowering vine, surmounted by a central checkerboard vignette; the other half consists of three vignettes: house with a smoking chimney; palm tree, hill, and flowers; flowers potted in a basket-like planter. Attributed to the same hand as busk #1966.50.2, ex Frederick T. Russell.
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