Mediumwhale ivory
Dimensions4 1/8 × 1 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (10.5 × 4.4 × 6.4 cm)
Object number2006.57.10
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA small sperm whale tooth, polychrome engraved on one side with a pinprick transfer. The picture is a figure of a woman in a low-cut gown, long hair partly pulled back and partly in ringlets at the temples. She is holding a broad-brimmed hat slung from her left arm and a cuff or bracelet on her right wrist. Verso: polished but undecorated.On View
Not on view
19th Century
19th Century
Late 19th Century
Circa 1850
19th Century
late 19th Century
