015 whale tooth
Identification number: 015
Object: Decorated tooth
Material: Sperm whale
Artist: unknown
Date: after 1837
Basis publication Date: of The Pirates Own Book
Length: 6 3/4" 17.1 cm
Width: 2 5/8" 6.6 cm
Thickness: 1 3/4" 4.5 cm
Pigment: black,
Tool used: point ?
Design description: - Face Alwilda, the Female Pirate; very close copy of book illustration from The Pirates Own Book or Authentic Narratives of the Lives, Exploits, and Executions of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers 1837, Philadelphia: Sanborn and Carter, 1837 Providence Public Library has a 1924 reprint edition 910.4 P66.
Verso: fashionable lady with hat, seated in chair, leaning on table; dress in 1830's style, probably copied from an illustration
Condition: dirty; cracks from cut base; large chip missing from bottom; chip missing at tip on Verso:.
cleaned 3 May 1999
Other notes: Red bordered paper label glued to side reads "407/Nicholson" flat cut at base to permit standing
Location: Box 1
Cataloged by Judith N. Lund - Date: 5 April 1999
