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Busk
c. 185019th Century
13 in. x 1 1/2 in. x 1/8 in.
Object Type:
Decorative Art
Medium and Support:
bone
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of Miss Mabel Harris
Accession Number:
1957.88
A baleen busk with rounded ends and elaborately carved decoration, including a heart with flowers, a schooner with an American flag, an urn with flowers, a diamond, and a tree. The edges are pittedfrom damage. Theodore Harris was a sea captain from Sag harbor, New York, who died in Hawaii of tuberculosis. This collection of baleen busks was donated by his daughter, Mabel Harris.
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