Object Number 2012.0024.116

Object Name

Tool (for needlework) (Tool Handle)

Category

Textiles (Needlework)

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Davison B. Hawthorne

Place of Origin

Possibly New England, United States, North America

Subjects

Scrimshaw

Materials

Bone

Techniques

Carved

Dimensions (inches)

0.236 (H) , 2.756 (W) , 0.236 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

0.6 (H) , 7 (W) , 0.6 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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