Museum Object Number1967.0862 |
Whale tooth (Scrimshaw tooth)
Organic (ivory, horn, etc.)
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Sylvanus Baker (Possible maker)
Maine or Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
Silvanus Baker of Dennis, MA and Pittsford, ME
1825-1840
Maritime; Great Seal of US; American eagle; Scrimshaw
Ivory (sperm whale); Ink
Engraved
3.37 (H) , 8.12 (W) , 2 (D)
8.57 (H) , 20.64 (W) , 5.08 (D)
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[Book] Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published: p. 87, fig. 107; p.113, no. 66, scrimshaw, America, 1825-60, whale tooth.
[Book] Frank, Stuart M. 2012 Ingenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved: Scrimshaw in the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
• Reference to Silvanus Baker on p. 371, fig.16.2.
[Book] Hellman, Nina. 1992 A Mariner's Fancy: The Whaleman's Art of Scrimshaw.
• Same artist? p. 36-37, Figs. 40-41.