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Title: Whalebone necklace Accession Number: 2001.128.1 Category: SCRIMSHAW & ALLIED ARTS Type: necklace Maker: Place: Date: circa 1921 Materials: Description: Whalebone necklace; made of interlocking carved whalebone; rusted metal wire fastened around one end; possibly "tramp art". Collection of the actor Raymond McKee who starred in the 1922 silent film "Down to the Sea in Ships", which also featured the whaling vessel CHARLES W. MORGAN.

Mystic Seaport Image ID m326531    Information regarding reproductions