Place MadeUnited States
DateCirca 1875
Mediumivory
Donor credit lineGift of William Jamieson
Object number2011.56
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionScrimshaw tusk. A walrus tusk lightly engraved on the front with the image of a pugilist in fighting stance, bare-chested, wearing knickers and boxing gloves; anonymous whalemen’s work, circa 1875. On the back are the outline beginnings of another picture, never completed.Provenanceex Niagara Falls Museum, Niagara Falls, Ontario.
On View
Not on view
1725-1960
Currier, Nathaniel
Circa 1850
