Folk Art Mechanical “Ahab and the Whale” Polychrome Sculpture, late 19th Century, bone ratchet on the reverse activates the tail and head of the whale to bob up and down and causes the mouth of the whale to open; at the same time Ahab rides the whale on a barrel of oil, boat debris visible in the water.

Height 5.25 in. Width 8.25 in. Depth 2 in.