picture frame

Mediumwhale ivory, paper, photograph

Dimensions1 7/8 × 1 1/2 in. (4.8 × 3.8 cm)

Object number1948.30.520

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionMiniature octagonal frame enclosing an oval inner frame with oval opening, carved out of a single section of whale ivory, salami-cut from a sperm whale tooth; polychrome engraved dot decorations; housing a damaged ambrotype photograph (female portrait, the subject no longer recognizable); backed with paper stock, glued on.

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