Whaleman Made Clenched Fist with Serpent Walking Stick, circa 1850

54-5230 Whaleman Snake Biting Fist Stick A IMG_8148

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Dept19th Century Scrimshaw, Collections, Decorative Arts, Walking Sticks and Canes
SizeLength 34 in.

Whaleman Made Clenched Fist with Serpent Walking Stick, circa 1850, finely carved antique whale ivory fist with the lower jaw of a snake biting the hand while wrapped around both hand and wrist with stippled scrimshawed initials M.M.S., on a tropical wood shaft ending in a pewter ferrule

Length 34 in.

Provenance: The Estate of Stephen Weinroth, Nantucket, Massachusetts

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