Capsized

Mediumwhale ivory

Dimensions5 × 2 1/2 in. (12.7 × 6.4 cm)

Object number1959.8.12

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionPrimitive polychrome engraving on one side only: a whaleship near shore flying an American flag and a blue flag; a sperm whale with several harpoons and cuts in the center, with a whale calf below; a whaleboat poised to launch a harpoon; one man overboard; a capsized whaleboat still fast to a whale with four men in the water.ProvenanceMartha M. Hinsdale Scrimshaw Collection; Estate of Martha M. Hinsdale, bequeathed 1955. Exhibited: "The Cape Verde Connection," African-American Institute, New York, June-Sept. 1977.

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