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Whalebone lathe
lathe
SCRIMSHAW & ALLIED ARTS - TOOLSmarad; scrimshaw
Circa 1867
wood; bone; metal
overall: 8 5/8 x 29 x 5 3/4 in.
Wood and whalebone lathe with wooden carriage with cutting tools 1941.288.1-3. Made (perhaps) and used by Josiah Robinson, circa 1867. See Malley, "Graven by the Fishermen Themselves," pages 126, 127.
1941.288