Artist/Maker
Marble, John C.
1813-1861
Title
John Marble Bodkin
DateCirca 1850
Mediumwhale skeletal bone
Dimensions2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.9396
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA bodkin turned from whale skeletal bone with rounded knob pommel.ProvenanceCaptain John Marble (1813-1861), Fall River; his wife and widow, Elizabeth Church [nee Wrightington] Marble (1825-1895), Fall River and San Francisco; thence by descent: their son, George Frederick Marble (1850-1904); his wdow, Minerva Jane Northup Marble, Northampton, Mass., 1904; their daughter, Ella White Marble Doolittle [Mrs. Charles H. Doolitle], 1937; daughter, Evelyn Doolittle Holmes [Mrs. William H. Holmes], West Hartford, Conn., 1964 (original KWM Marble Collection acquired 1981; Marble Collection II acquired from her daughter, Nancy Holmes Powers [Mrs. Roger Powers], 1996); son, Rev. Stephen W. Holmes, Scotland, South Dakota, 1987. Marble Collection III - Acquired from Rev. Stephen W. Holmes, 2001.On View
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Marble, John C. - attributed
