scrimshaw

Scrimshaw work, whale's tooth.

From the History Information Station:

Object: Two engraved whale teeth; engraved snuff box and stick pin carved in the shake of a whale, both of whale...

c. 1862

Tooth of sperm whale, scrimshaw. Examined by Desmond Liddy, Australian scrimshaw expert June 6, 1991. He identifies it as a killer whale tooth. Quite a bit was cut off of the root end with a saw....

Tooth of spermwhale;scrimshaw. Work of Sailors

From the History Information Station:

Object: Two engraved whale teeth; engraved snuff box and stick pin carved in the shape of a...

1852

walrus teeth, etched, 1852. Examined by Desmond Liddy, Australian scrimshaw expert, June 6, 1991. Very lightly engraved designs over pin prick engraving (to trace the designs from another source...

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