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Scrimshaw Collection

Title:: Whale Tooth
Description/Caption:: Material: Sperm whale
Date: 19th Century
Basis style
Pigment: black
Tool used: knife
Design description: Face Rectangular vignette: scene of man and woman standing together, woman holding baby, with another man. All dressed in mid-19th Century clothing.
Collection:: Scrimshaw Collection
Item Type:: Decorated tooth
Item ID:: nwcS023
Author/Creator:: Unknown
Dimensions:: Length: 6 3/8" 16.2 cm; Width: 2 5/8" 6.6 cm; Thickness: 1 1/2" 3.8 cm
Location:: PPL Special Collections
Source:: Paul C. Nicholson Whaling Collection
Notes:: Condition: dirty; some cracking near tip; wad of white paint on Verso; Cleaned 3 May 1999 Other notes: cut off at base to permit standing evidence of pinpricks used to transfer designs red-edged paper label adhered to Verso:; surface of label abraded except for "N" of Nicholson; Location: Box 2; Cataloged by Judith N. Lund - Date: 5 April 1999
Tags/Keywords:: scrimshaw, tooth, whale, whalebone, whaling

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