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The Peter Boynton Collection of Scrimshaw and Other Artifacts,

Carved scrimshaw

Accession number: 1971.22.1-179

Gift of Mrs. Theda Boynton, 1971

Bibliography: See checklist in DAC exhibition catalog for this group of objects; see also DAC donor file.

Work Type: sculpture

Related Works: This collection consists of 179 objects.

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