Wood and Ivory Parallel Rule
Wood and Ivory Parallel Rule
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- Description
- Part of the navigator’s tool kit, parallel rules were used to transfer compass points, course lines and other directional information across large charts without change. This large wooden set has a carved ivory whale inlaid into its surface, with a brass tack for the whale’s eye.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Scrimshaw
- parallel rule
- scrimshaw parallel rule
- Object Type
- scrimshaws
- Other Terms
- Scrimshaw; Maritime
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- ivory (overall material)
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 3/16 in x 4 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 8.09625 cm x 11.43 cm x 1.905 cm
- ID Number
- 1978.0052.08
- accession number
- 1978.0052
- catalog number
- 1978.52.31
- Credit Line
- From the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Wilbur J. Gould
- Expansion and Reform
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- Work and Industry: Maritime
- Cultures & Communities
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- Transportation
- On the Water exhibit
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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