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198. FINE WHALEMAN CARVED WHALE IVORY AND
WHALEBONE CLENCHED FIST WALKING STICK, circa 1850, the
top ⅓ of the stick carved in four sections of whale ivory, the grip of a right hand
clench fist with incised fingernails and buttoned shirt cuff, elongated diamond
section above very finely carved cross-hatching, above a zigzag reeded section.
All the sections defined by octagonal baleen spacers within faceted band and thin
rings, the lower portion of the tapering whalebone shaft carved with a triple line
coiled around an octagonal section above a finely carved rope section above a
round tapering section. Length 42 ¼ in.
Provenance: Hyland Granby Antiques to private collector
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