Collection Highlights
Thoughts on African Colonization
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.E448.G24.1832
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Luce Center
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
Object Number:
1943.11
Date:
1910-1940
Medium:
Ivory, pigment
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. ( 5.7 x 14.9 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
Whale's tooth engraved and blackened with ink with an image of a skiff and figures upset by a whale with sailing ship in background.
Gallery Label:
The scene is a poor copy of "Peche du Cachalot," a painting by the French artist and corsair Ambroise Louis Garneray, published as an engraving in 1834.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Fanny Shapiro
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
