Samuel Jason Mixter (Hardwick, Massachusetts, 1855 - 1926)
Tarpon Scale, early 20th century
Ink on tarpon scale, 7.2 x 5.4 cm (2 13/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
Macknight Room
Commentary
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's first director Morris Carter (1877-1965) quotes an unknown source when writing about this preserved silver king tarpon scale, "' 'You have no right to the scale unless you kill the fish.' "