Busk
c. 1840
19th Century
11 1/2 in. x 1 3/8 in.
Object Type:
Decorative Art
Medium and Support:
baleen
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of Miss Mabel Harris
Accession Number:
1957.85
A baleen busk with a carved motif including an interlocking heart with geometric fills, a bulbous spire with a cross on top, a thatch hut with two trees and willows.
Harris, a seaman, died at sea in the South Pacific in 1850.