Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
ca. 1630
1885.5
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Whale tooth
Object name
Whale tooth
Date
1820-1880
Medium
Ivory, black ink
Dimensions
Overall: 5 1/8 x 2 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. ( 13 x 6.4 x 2.9 cm )
Description
Scrimshaw whale's tooth, finely engraved on the obverse of a three-mast sailing ship with an unidentified flag, and three rowboats and one small sailboat surrounding it; on the reverse engraved with two three mast sailing ships engaged in battle; the ship on the right is on fire.
Credit Line
Gift of Colonel Henry O. Havemeyer
Object Number
1981.31
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
