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Busk (Scrimshaw busk)
1830-1840
Category
Organic (ivory, horn, etc.)
Place of Origin
Probably New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Bone (whale)
- Ink
Museum Object Number
1958.2592
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.2592
Object Name
Busk (Scrimshaw busk)
Category
Organic (ivory, horn, etc.)
Place of Origin
Probably New England; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Could possibly be of British origin?
Date
1830-1840
Subject(s)
- Maritime
- Flowers
- Architecture
- Scrimshaw
Materials
- Bone (whale)
- Ink
Techniques
- Engraved
Dimensions (inches)
1.3 (W) x 12.5 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
3.3 (W) x 31.7 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Roeber, Catharine Christie Dann. 2011 Beautiful Busks. Antiques and Fine Art. (Summer): 142 - 143.
• Published: p. 143Book: Wass, Ann Buermann & Fandrich, Michelle Webb. 2010 Clothing Through American History: The Federal Era through Antebellum, 1786-1860.
• pg 75Book: Frank, Stuart M. 2012 Ingenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved: Scrimshaw in the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
Book: Malley, Richard C. 1983 Graven by the Fisherman Themselves: Scrimshaw in Mystic Seaport Museum.
• Chapter 4, pp. 85-91.Book: Hellman, Nina. 1992 A Mariner's Fancy: The Whaleman's Art of Scrimshaw.
• Bone busks illustrated: pp. 65-66.