Collection Highlights

Ice cream dish

Date:

1877-1878

Object Number:

1980.14

Medium:

Silver

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Title

Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)

Object name

Whale's tooth

Date

1910-1940

Medium

Ivory, ink

Dimensions

Overall: 2 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. ( 5.7 x 14 x 4.1 cm )

Description

Engraved scrimshaw whale's tooth; engraved scene with black ink on obverse of whalers harpooning a sperm whale with their ship in the distance.

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Fanny Shapiro

Object Number

1943.94

Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.