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| Accession no.: | Y: 62/15/26 |
| Title: | Scrimshaw |
| Description: | Jaw bone 388 mm, polychrome. A staybusk (corset stay) engraved with geometrical and floral borders surrounding four panels, the largest with a whaling scene. |
| Object type: | Scrimshaw |
| Classified name: | 730.235 & 639.245.1 |
| Number of items: | 1 |
| Full description: |
Front face: Sawn jaw-bone of a whale showing whaling brig under shortened sail following four of her boats with bow-paintings chasing sperm whales. A dead whale floats with a waft to mark it. A whale blowing blood as a boat approaches with the mate in the bows ready to use the lance (note steersman steering with long oars). A boat nearby upset by a whale that has been harpooned, diving beneath it. Fourth boat approaching a whale to harpoon it. Decorations: Heart pierced by arrow below foul anchor which, being the crest of the Admiralty, shows that the engraver was a naval seaman; Bowl of fruit. |
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