Whalebone

With his lace and embroideries, and his crown of blue ribbon and whalebone, he looked like the king of babies.

This bodice was made with linen and synthetic whalebone.

“You have probably never seen anything like this before, Mr. Toler. It is baleen, or if you prefer it, whalebone, taken from the mouth of the bowhead whale. It is used by the whale to filter its food.”