Material: Sperm whale Date: 19th Century Basis style Pigment: black Tool used: knife Design description: Face full Length: portrait of a woman dressed in costume of Lima, Peru Verso: warship with cannons, sails full, flying American flag
Condition: dirty; surface abraded on lady's dress where tooth would rest when ship side is on view; several chips missing from base, fine cracks rise from base, a few in the surface at the tip; Other notes: cut at base to permit standing La tapada is the name for this mid-19th Century attire of upper class women of Lima, Peru. See file nwcS025 (also depicting costume of lima) which contains a picture from cruise of the United States Frigate Potomac Round the World during the years 1831-1834 by Francis Warriner. A.M. found in PPL Special Collections; Location: Box 1; Cataloged by Judith N. Lund - Date: 5 April 1999
