Title
Coconut-Shell Dipper
Mediumcoconut shell, whale ivory, wood, non-ferrous metal
Dimensions4 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 17 1/4 in. (10.8 × 8.9 × 43.8 cm)
Object number1948.30.280
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionCoconut shell bowl (broken; bottom completely detached, now restored); heart-shaped mounting flange with squared, layered foreshaft; slightly S-curved wooden handle, squared with chamfered edges and tapered ends; pommel is whale ivory full-round carved in the form of a dog's head, with an oblong whale ivory ring, to accommodate a hook or lanyard; five non-ferrous metal fastenings. There are three dog's head dippers strongly resembling one another in certain details, possibly by the same hand: 1948.30.280; 2001.100.127 (S-111); and 2001.100.956 (S-827).On View
Not on view
19th Century
19th Century
19th Century
Gifford, Warren
