Collection Highlights

Unidentified Osage Warrior Wearing Bird Headdress

Date:

1807

Object Number:

1860.91

Medium:

Charcoal with stumping, Cont

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Title

Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)

Object name

Whale's tooth

Date

1910-1940

Medium

Ivory, pigment

Dimensions

Overall: 5 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. ( 14 x 7 x 3.5 cm )

Description

Whale's tooth engraved with an image of a ship at full sail with an American flag, colored with red pigment, flying from the bow.

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Fanny Shapiro

Object Number

1943.98

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