Scrimshaw tooth, portrait of a woman

tooth

SCRIMSHAW & ALLIED ARTS - TEETH
marad; scrimshaw
USA, CT, Cheshire
February 23, 1942
0 x 3.13 x 0

Scrimshaw whale tooth; left profile oval portrait of woman framed in square; branch with leaves extending above frame to tip of tooth; cross hatched border below frame; on reverse sheaf of long leaves; handwritten label in hollow reads, "Hartman/ Cheshire/ 2-23-42/ 2-1/2".

1973.433