Museum Object Number2012.0024.116 |
Tool (for needlework) (Tool Handle)
Textiles (Needlework)
Gift of Davison B. Hawthorne
Possibly New England, United States, North America
Scrimshaw
Bone
Carved
0.236 (H) , 2.756 (W) , 0.236 (D)
0.6 (H) , 7 (W) , 0.6 (D)
Text available soon.
[Book] Frank, Stuart M. 2012 Ingenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved: Scrimshaw in the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
• Cagework illustrated on pg 205, Fist motif illustrated pg 181
[Book] Frank, Stuart M. 2012 Ingenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved: Scrimshaw in the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
• a variety of bodkins (including examples of cagework and carved fists) illustrated pg 211