Keywords: ivory
Item 17942
Wooden flute, New Sweden, ca. 1890
Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: New Sweden Media: Wood with ivory and metal
Item 45789
Sarah Hudson Mellen Gilman, ca. 1824
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1824 Media: Watercolor on ivory
Item 116292
F. H. Hazelton Esq. house, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Client: F. H. Hazelton Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In
Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Mourning Fashions
A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 18th and 19th century mourning jewelry and fashions.
Site Page
Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons
"Made of vegetable ivory, bakelite, wood, metal, hard rubber, horn, shells, and glass. Carved and painted into the buttons are various designs: lines…"
Story
Ivory-billed Woodpeckers
by Doug Hitchcox, Staff Naturalist at Maine Audubon
The Ivory-billed Woodpecker in the Portland Society of Natural History Collections
