Depicting the whaling bark Concordia, under shortened canvas in a breeze. The Concordia was built at Mattapoisett, MA and registered in New Bedford in 1867. Considered
one of the more sleek designs from Mattapoisett in the 19th Century.
As whales became more scarce in
the Atlantic, the fleet ventured north, finally whaling in the Arctic Ocean. Eventually, the bark Concordia was wrecked in the Arctic in 1871.
This piece of fossil walrus ivory is approx. 3-inches wide x 2-inches high.
It was broken-off of an ice axe.
Cape Cod Lighthouse (formerly Highland) on it's original foundation, close to the cliff. This was the first beacon to be sighted by ships bound from Europe to Massachusetts Bay so the lighthouse board equipped it with a 1st order Freshel lens for maximum range. Because of continual shore erosion, the lighthouse was moved away from the cliffs (more inland).
This is a fossil Inuit walrus ivory adze,
at least a thousand years old.
This tool was used to chop big blocks
of ice to make igloos. The artifact is chipped from use.
Ivory is 6.5-in x 2.25-in x 1.13-in
This scene depicts the whaling bark Janet of New Bedford in the rough North Atlantic Ocean, 1875. A look-out in the crow's nest points the way for the men in the longboat, who are setting sail to reach the whales.
Dimensions are 4.75-inches x 2-inches, and 1.12-inches thick.