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| Accession no.: | Y: 62/15/65 |
| Title: | Scrimshaw |
| Description: | Tooth 125 mm, monochrome, both faces with images outlined in dots. Man playing violin and another playing flute; reverse: Woman with scroll. |
| Object type: | Scrimshaw |
| Classified name: | 730.235 & 639.245.1 |
| Number of items: | 1 |
| Full description: |
65A.: Musicians, a rare subject for scrimshaw, which shows one man playing a strangely shaped violin or fiddle and the other a flute: both "generic" instruments. Their clothes were probably most fashionable from ca 1835-45 and without hats they must be performing indoors. 65B.: A naive full-length picture of a woman holding a scroll. Her dress could be a simple version of that of ca. 1835-45 and her pose could be theatrical: possibly she is giving a performance of some sort. The dark line across her cheek is where the blade has slipped. |
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