Collection Highlights
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
ca. 1941
1987.16
Plaster with purplish red-brown stipple finish
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
Title
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
Object name
Whale's tooth
Date
1910-1940
Medium
Ivory, pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 7 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 17.8 x 9.5 x 7 cm )
Description
Whale's tooth with full length image of a man standing in the 17th costume holding a cane inscribed and rubbed with black ink on obverse.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Fanny Shapiro
Object Number
1943.9
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
