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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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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spelling ftnyorkheritage:oai:cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org:p15281coll2/24047 2023-05-15T18:26:40+02:00 Scrimshaw Carved Pan Bone Depicting a Sperm Whale Hunt unknown Jacksonian Era (1828-1859); New Nation (1790-1828); 1800?-1860? Artifacts; image/jpeg; http://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15281coll2/id/24047 unknown ZRR015; East Hampton Library, Long Island Collection; http://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15281coll2/id/24047 For educational use only. Please credit: The East Hampton Library, Long Island Collection. For any other use, please contact The Long Island Collection, East Hampton Library, 159 Main St., East Hampton, NY 11937. 631-324-0222 x 4 or email lic@easthamptonlibrary.org. Whaling Whales Scrimshaws Work & Labor Image; 1800 ftnyorkheritage 2016-08-02T08:23:18Z 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. Still Image Sperm whale New York Heritage Digital Collections
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collection New York Heritage Digital Collections
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topic Whaling
Whales
Scrimshaws
Work & Labor
spellingShingle Whaling
Whales
Scrimshaws
Work & Labor
unknown
Scrimshaw Carved Pan Bone Depicting a Sperm Whale Hunt
topic_facet Whaling
Whales
Scrimshaws
Work & Labor
description 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.
format Still Image
author unknown
author_facet unknown
author_sort unknown
title Scrimshaw Carved Pan Bone Depicting a Sperm Whale Hunt
title_short Scrimshaw Carved Pan Bone Depicting a Sperm Whale Hunt
title_full Scrimshaw Carved Pan Bone Depicting a Sperm Whale Hunt
title_fullStr Scrimshaw Carved Pan Bone Depicting a Sperm Whale Hunt
title_full_unstemmed Scrimshaw Carved Pan Bone Depicting a Sperm Whale Hunt
title_sort scrimshaw carved pan bone depicting a sperm whale hunt
publishDate 1800
url http://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15281coll2/id/24047
op_coverage Jacksonian Era (1828-1859); New Nation (1790-1828);
genre Sperm whale
genre_facet Sperm whale
op_relation ZRR015;
East Hampton Library, Long Island Collection;
http://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15281coll2/id/24047
op_rights For educational use only. Please credit: The East Hampton Library, Long Island Collection. For any other use, please contact The Long Island Collection, East Hampton Library, 159 Main St., East Hampton, NY 11937. 631-324-0222 x 4 or email lic@easthamptonlibrary.org.
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