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Scrimshaw decorated walrus tusk 1851

PAYNE, Thomas

Registration number

1612177

Artist/maker

PAYNE, Thomas

Title

Scrimshaw decorated walrus tusk

Production date

1851

Medium

walrus tusk, ink

Dimensions (H x W x D)

33.5 cm

Inscriptions

First Mate. Thomas Payne. Ship Balfour. 1851.

Credit line

Purchased, 2014
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Walrus tusk, Whaling, Scrimshaw, Thomas Payne, Ship Balfour, 1851

Summary

Walrus tusk with scrimshaw decoration of a whaling scene.