Title
Coconut-Shell Dipper
Mediumcoconut shell, wood, whale ivory, baleen, non-ferrous metal
Dimensions3 5/8 × 4 1/8 × 17 1/8 in. (9.2 × 10.5 × 43.5 cm)
Object number00.239.6
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionCoconut shell bowl with pointed bottom, ornately relief-carved over the entire outer surface with a network of birds, branches, and leaves. Circular whale ivory mounting flange, three non-ferrous fasteners; S-curved wooden handle, tapers to an octagon at the grip, decorated with two bands of whale ivory one of baleen, and one of wood; octagonal whale ivory pommel, with a loop to hold a baleen ring to accommodate a hook or lanyard. Made by the same hand as 00.224.7.On View
Not on view
19th Century
19th Century
