Ivory jagging wheel

jagging wheel

SCRIMSHAW & ALLIED ARTS - PIE WHEELS
marad; scrimshaw
USA, MA, New Bedford
ivory; metal
Overall: 7 3/4 x 3 x 3/4 in.

Ivory jagging wheel; 3-tined fork and wheel at one end; at other end is arm bent at the elbow grasping a snake just below its head. Snake has 4 metal teeth, brass forked tongue, and red inset eyes, tail wrapped around the bent arm. From New Bedford.

1941.440.1