1948.30.432
Title

Banded knitting needle

Mediumwhale ivory, wood, baleen, wax
Dimensions10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)
Object number1948.30.432
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionWooden shaft; 11 bands of whale ivory (2 broad, 9 narrow), 12 of wood (5 broad, 7 narrow), 1 of baleen; turned whale ivory foreshaft and ball pommel with sealing wax inlay.
On View
Not on view
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