Artist/Maker
Maker once known
Title
Baleen ditty box
DateCirca 1825
Mediumbaleen, wood, metal
Dimensions3 7/8 × 7 3/4 × 5 7/8 in. (9.8 × 19.7 × 14.9 cm)
Object number00.97.9
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionWooden lid overlaid with baleen veneer; wooden bottom; baleen skirt and sides. Lid incised with a picture of a large house flanked by small trees. Skirt incised with a border of semicircles, with a trifid lap joint, metal fastenings. Sides incised with a ship and two brigs, flanked and interspersed with three geometric star figures each comprised of nine compass-drawn circles connected with straight lines in a star formation; two five-lobed tabs on lap joint (losses).ProvenanceCapt. Caleb Kempton, New Bedford; George Kempton, son; gift to ODHS, 1907.On View
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