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Scrimshaw Busk

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Martha's Vineyard Museum

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About this artifact

This corset busk is carved from bone from a whale. Busks were corset stiffeners made of bone or baleen. Sailors would carve them for their loved ones, who would place them in a sleeve in their corsets as a reminder of their beloved's feelings.

Dimensions:
13.75" long x 1 5/8" wide

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