Scrimshaw Carved Pan Bone Depicting a Sperm Whale Hunt

This scrimshaw image on a whale pan bone depicts whalers pursuing a whale on a whaleboat, with their ship in the background. The pan bone is carved by hand. This was purchased as part of a collection of whaling items, the Captain Philetus Pierson Whaling Collection. Not all of the items in the colle...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: unknown
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1800
Subjects:
Whaling
Whales
Scrimshaws
Work & Labor
Sperm whale
Online Access:http://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15281coll2/id/24047
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Summary:This scrimshaw image on a whale pan bone depicts whalers pursuing a whale on a whaleboat, with their ship in the background. The pan bone is carved by hand. This was purchased as part of a collection of whaling items, the Captain Philetus Pierson Whaling Collection. Not all of the items in the collection were created by Philetus Pierson (1801-1879), but some of the items were. Dates are estimated based on the height of the whaling industry and Captain Philetus Pierson's life.

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