Thirty-one Carved Scrimshaw Articles, 19th century, including two toothpicks, one whalebone folding into a fish figure, the other of ivory which folds into a carved woman's leg; three crochet hooks, two whalebone and one ivory; twenty-two bodkins, made of ivory or whalebone, one of mother-of-pearl; an ivory peg, and three ivory thread holders; lg. 1 5/8-4 3/4 in.; the articles mounted in a molded wood frame.
Thirty-one Carved Scrimshaw Articles, 19th century, including two toothpicks, one whalebone folding into a fish figure, the other of ivory which folds into a carved woman's leg; three crochet hooks, two whalebone and one ivory; twenty-two bodkins, made of ivory or whalebone, one of mother-of-pearl; an ivory peg, and three ivory thread holders; lg. 1 5/8-4 3/4 in.; the articles mounted in a molded wood frame.
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