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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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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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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Scrimshaw Carved Pan Bone Depicting a Sperm Whale Hunt |
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Scrimshaw Carved Pan Bone Depicting a Sperm Whale Hunt |
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Scrimshaw Carved Pan Bone Depicting a Sperm Whale Hunt |
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Scrimshaw Carved Pan Bone Depicting a Sperm Whale Hunt |
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scrimshaw carved pan bone depicting a sperm whale hunt |
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1800 |
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Jacksonian Era (1828-1859); New Nation (1790-1828); |
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ZRR015; East Hampton Library, Long Island Collection; http://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15281coll2/id/24047 |
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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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