Scrimshaw Work, Sperm Whale's Tooth
ca. 1830
Maker Unknown
Decorative Arts
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- (not assigned)
- Formatted Medium
- Ivory (sperm whale tooth), black ink
- Dimensions
- 5 7/8 × 2 3/4 × 2 in. (14.9 × 7 × 5.1 cm) mount: 6 1/4 × 2 1/2 × 1 3/4 in. (15.9 × 6.4 × 4.4 cm)
- Departments
- Decorative Arts
- Accession Number
- X613.3
- Credit Line
- Brooklyn Museum Collection
- Exhibitions
- DEATH TO THE LIVING, Long Live Trash
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- Decorative Art, Schenck Gallery, 4th Floor
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