Whale Bone Seam Rubber
date: label: date made
content: 1800s
notes: label: Description
content: Seam rubbers were part of a sail maker’s tool kit. They were used to smooth and flatten the seams of heavy canvas sailcloth, where two pieces were joined or the edges were hemmed before they were sewn. This unusually large example was probably carved from the panbone, part of a whale’s jaw.
topic: label: related event
content: Expansion and Reform
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content: Work and Industry: Fisheries
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content: Work
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content: Natural Resources
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content: Transportation
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content: On the Water exhibit
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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 Frank Westerberger
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.025793
label: accession number
content: 4957
label: catalog number
content: 025793
objectType: label: Object Name
content: seam rubber
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: panbone (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/8 in x 1 1/2 in x 5/8 in; 10.4775 cm x 3.81 cm x 1.5875 cm