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scrimshaw, whaletooth

human history
  • Other Name

    scrimshaw whale's tooth (descriptive name)

  • Description

    Scrimshaw

    Made from whale's tooth and black ink. The tooth is a brown/cream colour. The tooth has an oval opening and a chipped tip of the tooth. Both sides of the tooth are etches with designs. On one side is a picture of a male sailor embracing with a woman and a ship in the background. The other side has a and solitary woman reading a book, she is inside an oval frame. Designs around the base of the tooth are a boarder of leaves

  • Place
    Unknown
  • Accession Date
    Unknown
  • Other Id

    col.1126.1 (colonial)

    36552.1 (ethnology)

    Mar.322 (maritime)

  • Department

    History

    Social History

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Images

  • scrimshaw, whaletooth, col.1126.1, 36552.1, Mar.322, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • scrimshaw, whaletooth, col.1126.1, 36552.1, Mar.322, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • scrimshaw, whaletooth, col.1126.1, 36552.1, Mar.322, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • scrimshaw, whaletooth, col.1126.1, 36552.1, Mar.322, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • scrimshaw, whaletooth, col.1126.1, 36552.1, Mar.322, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • scrimshaw, whaletooth, col.1126.1, 36552.1, Mar.322, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • whale's tooth [col.1126.1]
  • whale's tooth - detail of reverse side [col.1126.1]

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