Jawbone plaque

Datelate 19th Century

Mediumdolphin / porpoise bone

Dimensions10 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (26.7 × 11.4 cm)

Object number1948.30.211

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionDolphin or porpoise jaw panbone, pinprick-transfer monochrome engraved with the full-length standing figure of a woman with a large bustle, a basket slung over her right wrist, holding an oil lamp with bulbous chimney aloft in her left hand.

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