Knife-Grip Crimper
Artist/Maker Caton, Manuel
Title

Knife-Grip Crimper

DateCirca 1850
Mediumwhale ivory, wood, non-ferrous metal
Dimensions2 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (6.4 × 3.8 × 21.6 cm)
Object number1916.35
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionTwo-piece whale ivory construction: knife-grip handle, wooden separator, joint reinforced with a dowel insert and pinned with two nonferrous silver-metal rivets; foreshaft divides into a three-tine fork, and scroll saddle; fluted whale ivory wheel; metal rivet.
On View
Not on view

Funded, in part, by the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism.

Massachusetts massvacations.com
SE Mass Visitors Bureau - all here and all near

©2024 New Bedford Whaling Museum

Designed & developed by designprinciples.com