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Key Information
- Title:
- Scrimshaw Whale Bone Staybusk
- Object Name:
- scrimshaw
- Date/Period:
- 1800-1899
- Location on Display:
- Museum - Not Currently on display
- Accession No:
- KINCM:2005.3756
- Other Numbers:
- W5.279; 1970.25
- Brief Description:
- Jaw bone staybusk, rose inscribed with verse 'When this you see remember me and keep me in your mind and when that I am far away speak of me as you find'. Angel rising out of clouds with a scroll 'A sister in heaven' underneath 'A brother on earth'. Jaw bone staybusk with carving of whale hunt and engraved verse on the reverse side, 'When this you see remember me and keep me in your mind and when that I am far away speak of me as you find', with an angel, palm tree, ship and lady with an anchor.
Dimensions:
| Type | Height | Width | Depth | Diameter | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 372[mm] | 38[mm] | 3[mm] |
