American Eagle

late 19th century

8 cm 18 cm 4.5 cm

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Although formerly thought to have been carved by a sailor on a New Bedford whaler, this whale-tooth ornament falls outside the traditions of New England scrimshaw. The sculptor has treated the subject with remarkable realism, thus permitting ornithologists to identify the mode...

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Tiffany & Co., New York; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, in or before 1908; by bequest to the Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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