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for coconut shell dipper
Artist/Maker
Maker once known
Title
coconut shell dipper
Dateca. 1870
Mediumcoconut shell, baleen, ivory, brass, copper
Dimensions3 x 4 x 10 3/4 in. (7.6 x 10.2 x 27.3 cm)
Object number00.105.6
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionCoconut shell bowl with beaded rim; three-piece curved handle of sperm whale ivory, the pieces fastened with internal wood posts and external wood spacers, the inner end terminating in a heart-shaped flange fastened with copper-alloy rivets and washers; the outer end pierced for a lanyard or for hanging.Label TextMaker once known, coconut shell dipper, ca. 1870. Coconut shell, baleen, whale ivory, brass, and copper, 3 x 4 x 10 3/4 in., New Bedford Whaling Museum, 00.105.6.On View
Not on view
Gardner, Abram [Abraham]
19th Century
