Dipper
Dipper
Dipper
Dipper

Dipper

Object number
71.6.4
Description
Scrimshaw ivory & coconut dipper with top of handle is turned and shaped, attached to carved, twisted whalebone, which is attached to carved ivory hand grasping a ring attached to a coconut shell bowl.

Notes from Stuart Frank, November 4, 2009: exceptional; flange is whale ivory; fist inset with baleen; shaft is panbone; finial is whale tooth ivory.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Lillian Deblois Fox
Related People & Organizations
Fox, Lillian Deblois, Mrs. (associated)