Title
Coconut-Shell Dipper
Mediumcoconut shell, walrus ivory, whale ivory, wood, silver, non-ferrous metal
Dimensions4 1/8 × 3 1/2 × 15 3/8 in. (10.5 × 8.9 × 39.1 cm)
Object number00.239.3
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionCoconut shell bowl; trifid whale ivory mounting flange with three non-ferrous pin fasteners; hollow walrus ivory handle mortised onto the shaft of the mounting flange through a wooden sleeve; at the other end a silver ferrule, through which the whale ivory and wood pommel is threaded to the shaft; pommel has a pierced ring to acommodate a hook or lanyard. Pommel is loose and wobbly; ivory shaft has cracks from age and stress.On View
Not on view
19th Century
