Scrimshaw

Museum number:
2-13405
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020013405
Accession number:
Acc.639
Description:
U-shaped ivory piece scalloped on one end; 24 perforations triangular design.
Donor:
Mary S. Johnson
Collection place:
United States
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
Agnes Ruth Sengstacken
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1929
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scrimshaw, accession number 2-13405, described as U-shaped ivory piece scalloped on one end; 24 perforations triangular design.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scrimshaw, accession number 2-13405, described as U-shaped ivory piece scalloped on one end; 24 perforations triangular design.

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