Object Number 1967.0862

Object Name

Whale tooth (Scrimshaw tooth)

Category

Organic (ivory, horn, etc.)

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Sylvanus Baker (Possible maker)

Place of Origin

Maine or Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Silvanus Baker of Dennis, MA and Pittsford, ME

Date

1825-1840

Subjects

Maritime; Great Seal of US; American eagle; Scrimshaw

Materials

Ivory (sperm whale); Ink

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

3.37 (H) , 8.12 (W) , 2 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

8.57 (H) , 20.64 (W) , 5.08 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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.