Scrimshaw Collection
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- Title:
- Carved Tooth
- Description/Caption:
Material: Sperm whale tooth
Date: c. 20th Century
Pigment: none
Tool used: Rotary
mechanical tool
Design description: end third of tooth carved to shape of eagle head- Collection:
- Scrimshaw Collection
- Item Type:
- Carved Tooth
- Item ID:
- nwcS040a
- Author/Creator:
- Unknown
- Dimensions:
- Length: 4 3/4" 12 cm; Width: 1 5/8" 4 cm; Thickness: 1 1/4" 3.2 cm
- Location:
- PPL Special Collections
- Source:
- Paul C. Nicholson Whaling Collection
- Notes:
- Condition: dirty; Cleaned 3 May 1999; Other notes: may be Azorean; Location: Box #2; Cataloged by Judith N. Lund
- Tags/Keywords:
- carving, scrimshaw, tooth, whale, whalebone, whaling
