Eight Columns Crimper
Title

Eight Columns Crimper

Date19th Century
Mediumwhale skeletal bone, whale ivory, metal
Dimensions2 1/8 × 8 3/8 in. (5.4 × 21.3 cm)
Object number1923.7.82
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionPanbone shaft with squared architectonic moldings, two sections with full-round-carved pierced-work coulmns (four columns each section); pierced-work saddle ornamented with sawtooth edges and relief-carved concentric squares; fluted spherical whale ivory knob pommel; pierced-work whale ivory jagging wheel with 12-pointed starburst pinwheel hub inscribed in a circle, supported by six radiating spokes, fluted rim.
On View
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jagging wheel
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