Umbrella handle

Mediumwalrus ivory

Dimensions1 7/8 × 1 × 5 1/4 in. (4.8 × 2.5 × 13.3 cm)

Object number1919.16.2

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionWalrus ivory full-round carved in the shape of rose, with stem and leaves; the flower is hollowed and a threaded steel post screwed in, purpose unknown; tapered shank laterally drilled to accommodate a dowel-shaped tenon on the shaft. Forward-most petal broken at tip; internal residue, cause unknown (possibly once filled with wax?).ProvenanceG[ift] of H.E. Bachmand

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