Scrimshaw Ivory Jagging Wheel
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
label: Associated Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Pie crimpers or jagging wheels are among the most common scrimshaw items carved by American 19th century whalemen. They were useful, as well as decorative kitchen implements. The fluted wheel was used to cut dough or seal the top of a pie crust to the sides before baking.
label: Description
content: This example’s shaft is in the form of a snake or sea serpent, with a tongue in the shape of a three-tine fork. The fork was used to decorate or poke holes in the upper pie crust to vent the steam created by baking.
topic: label: related event
content: Expansion and Reform
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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 Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.388597
label: catalog number
content: 388597
label: accession number
content: 182022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: scrimshaw pie crimper
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: baleen (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 6 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 15.875 cm x 8.89 cm