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Walrus tusk scrimshaw
Nathaniel Sylvester Finney (American, 1813 – 1879)
1865–80
Object Place: San Francisco, California, United States
Medium/Technique
Engraved walrus ivory, pigment
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: L: 15 7/8", w: 2 5/8", d: 1 5/8
Credit Line
Gift of Marilyn and Selwyn Kudisch
Accession Number1992.459
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsDecorative arts
DescriptionWalrus tusk with three portraits of a woman, engraved on surface. Top figure is full-length and standing, middle figure is a bust of a woman supporting head with one hand, bottom figure is full-length and smokes a cigar. Signed near base: By. N. S. Finney.
InscriptionsSigned near base: "By. N. S. Finney."
ProvenanceEdward Morrill (b. 1888 - d. 1962), Worcester, MA; 1962, by inheritance to his daughter, Marilyn Morrill Kudisch and her husband, Selwyn Kudisch, Chestnut Hill, MA; 1992, gift of Marilyn and Selwyn Kudisch to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 23, 1992)