Title
Pointing Finger Crimper
Date19th Century
Mediumwhale ivory, baleen, non-ferrous metal
Dimensions3 1/8 × 1 7/8 × 6 1/4 in. (7.9 × 4.8 × 15.9 cm)
Object number1923.7.32
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionTwo-piece whale ivory construction: baluster handle with squared edges has architectonic trim at each end, mortised with a non-ferrous metal pin to the foreshaft with a baleen separator; the handle with a nonfunctional complementary pin at the other end; the foreshaft with squared edges in the abstract form of a hand with pointing finger, terminating below the "pinky" in a large four-tine fork, the "pointing finger" forming a trifid saddle supporting a large whale ivory fluted wheel with non-ferrouns axle.On View
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