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Whalebone cane with baleen and carving of a clenched fist
cane
SCRIMSHAW & ALLIED ARTS - CANESmarad; scrimshaw
0 x 33.88 x 0
Rounded tapered whalebone staff. Ivory handle in the shape of an arm bent at the elbow. Clenched fist. Thin section of baleen cuts through the forearm. Below the handle are a series of alternating sections of horn and a dark red unidentified wood. "Arm" above the elbow is cracked; plaster repair.
1939.1849