Scrimshaw Panbone Port Scene
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
label: date made
content: 1800s
notes: label: Description
content: The absence of much pinpricking in this elaborate panbone picture indicates a highly skilled scrimshaw artist who was able to sketch the fantastic port scene freehand. The presence of palm trees indicates a warm climate, dominated by naval warships in a fortified harbor with its own lighthouse. Military camps dominate the land, and a smaller factory or mill town on the bottom of the scene is defended by a partial stockade.
label: Description
content: The artist has left no clues for the specific location of this beautifully detailed landscape, although the palm trees suggest somewhere in the vicinity of the equator.
topic: label: Subject
content: Fishing
label: related event
content: Expansion and Reform
label: related event
content: The Development of the Industrial United States
label: related event
content: Civil War and Reconstruction
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Natural Resources
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content: Transportation
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content: Art
label: Exhibition
content: On the Water
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: National Museum of American History. On the Water exhibition website
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Frederic A. Delano
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.374479
label: catalog number
content: 374479
label: accession number
content: 136263
objectType: label: Object Name
content: scrimshaw bone panel
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: whalebone (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/4 in x 9 1/4 in x 1/4 in; 15.875 cm x 23.495 cm x .635 cm