Busk
c. 1840
19th Century
14 in. x 1 5/8 in. x 1/8 in.
Object Type:
Decorative Art
Medium and Support:
baleen
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of Miss Mabel Harris
Accession Number:
1957.82
A baleen busk with a carved motif including a heart with interlocking geometric pattern, a mission house, an oriental tree and house, a bee house and a basket of flowers. Harris was a seaman who died at sea in the South Pacific in 1850.