Scrimshaw, Whale's Tooth

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Caption

Unknown Maker. Scrimshaw, Whale's Tooth, ca. 1825–1835. Ivory (whale tooth), pigment, 5 × 2 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (12.7 × 7 × 6.4 cm) mount: 5 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (13.3 × 8.9 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X613.1. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Scrimshaw, Whale's Tooth

Date

ca. 1825–1835

Geography

Place made: United States

Medium

Ivory (whale tooth), pigment

Classification

(not assigned)

Dimensions

5 × 2 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (12.7 × 7 × 6.4 cm) mount: 5 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (13.3 × 8.9 × 7 cm)

Credit Line

Brooklyn Museum Collection

Accession Number

X613.1

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