Artifact Number:
 1970.015.128

Object:
SCRIMSHAW


Material:
 Tooth (whale)

Dimensions:
 

Origin:
  Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 Whale tooth scrimshaw with carving of the ship AVERICK upon which Reverend Lorenzo Lyons and his wife Betsey sailed to the Hawaiian islands in 1831-32.

This object is associated with Van Dyke

Collection Name: Lorenzo Lyons Collection

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