053 ivory bodkin
Identification number: 053
Object: Bodkin
Material: Ivory, tortoise shell inlays
Artist: unknown
Date: c.19th Century
Length: 5 3/4 14.6 cm
Width: 7/8 21. cm
Pigment: Blue wax in mouth and nostrils
Tool used: lathe ? knife
Design description: - Simple tapered shaft swells, then narrows and loops around to become head of serpent? With large inlaid eyes, 3 circular inlaid spots each side of body
Condition: good, but badly warped to extreme curvature
Cleaned 17 May 1999
Other notes: similar critter to knitting needles (052) same hand?
Location: Box #3
Cataloged by Judith N. Lund
29 March 1999
