Title
Coconut-Shell Dipper
Mediumcoconut shell, ivory, wood
Dimensions4 × 3 1/8 × 14 7/8 in. (10.2 × 7.9 × 37.8 cm)
Object number00.239.8
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionCoconut shell bowl; convex heart-shaped mounting flange with three copper pin fasteners; the flange is one piece with the short pan bone shaft, the upper or aft portion of which is comprised of alternating discs of bone and tortoise shell, with longitudinal tortoise shell inlay in outline emulation of brickwork; wooden handle tapers to an octagonal grip.On View
Not on view
19th Century
19th Century
