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Title: Inlaid bone oval box decorated with whaling scene Accession Number: 1952.44 Category: SCRIMSHAW & ALLIED ARTS - BOXES Type: box Maker: Place: Date: Materials: Description: Scrimshawed bone box, oval, with wooden base. Cover is single piece of ivory with inlaid baleen edging. Large sperm whale with 2 small whaleboats giving chase etched on cover. Sides of cover etched with continuous floral vine. Brass & copper tacks secure sides to cover & cutout overlap. One side filled with delicate floral motif, banded on 3 sides with diamond geometric design. To left of overlap, port broadside view of large sidewheel auxiliary steamship in harbor, people, small boat, building in foreground. To right of overlap, starboard broadside view of bark, sails set.

Mystic Seaport Image ID m113986    Information regarding reproductions Mystic Seaport Image ID m136887    Information regarding reproductions