This scrimshaw image on a whale pan bone depicts whalers pursuing a whale on a whaleboat, with their ship in the background. The pan bone is carved by hand. This was purchased as part of a collection of whaling items, the Captain Philetus Pierson Whaling Collection. Not all of the items in the collection were created by Philetus Pierson (1801-1879), but some of the items were. Dates are estimated based on the height of the whaling industry and Captain Philetus Pierson's life.