Artist/Maker
Hokoan
Place MadeJapan
Title
Whale bell
DateCirca 1990
Mediumceramic
Dimensions4 × 6 1/8 in. (10.2 × 15.6 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.3580.B
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionTwo ceramic toy whale bells (2001.100.3580a,b), painted black with red lips, white eyes, and blue and white stripes on the bottom. The bells are made in the Hokoan, a craft shop in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan. There is a rope on the fluke and have the original boxes.On View
Not on view
Cook, T. J.
