Non-functional souvenir busk with flattened rectangular shaped body with rounded ends; hole in handle, probably for hanging; low relief decorative carving of floral, grape and bird motif with traces of polychrome highlights; once had circular inlay details (probably mother-of-pearl).
busks
accessories
wood (plant material)
Garment, Foundation
Busk
Busk
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
Polynesia
17 3/8 x 2 1/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.617
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