Title
Dipper
Date
Undated
Description
Scrimshaw ivory & coconut dipper with top of handle is turned and shaped, attached to carved, twisted whalebone, which is attached to carved ivory hand grasping a ring attached to a coconut shell bowl. Notes from Stuart Frank, November 4, 2009: exceptional; flange is whale ivory; fist inset with baleen; shaft is panbone; finial is whale tooth ivory.
Medium
Ivory
Coconut
Extent
0.25 in.
Identifier
71.6.4
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