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scrimshaw, sperm whale tooth

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    scrimshaw tooth featuring US flag

  • Kupu whakaahua

    scrimshaw on sperm whale tooth; painted shields bearing stars and stripes.

  • Wāhi Hāngai

    United States of America

  • Accession Number
    1935.279
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1935
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    22174.2 (ethnology)

    mar.225.2 (maritime)

    HW 11905 (Hobson Wharf)

    L1994.351.439 (loan number)

  • Wāhanga

    History

    Social History

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