Name/Title

Busk

Entry/Object ID

G98.081

Description

"Silvery brown baleen busk, straight sides with rounded ends. Top left corner has been off and restored. Carefully etched with a barely visible design of a leafy stalk above a building with a steeple; another stalk at bottom. In between, a diamond shape and a pair of leafy-outline hearts, point-to-point. Border of leafy stem. No ID.13 7/8” x 1 3/4”"

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1820 - 1850

Notes

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American

Lexicon

Search Terms

busk, corset, woman, female, baleen busk, baleen

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Region

Northeast

Continent

North America