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Y: 62/15/26 |
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Scrimshaw |
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Scrimshaw |
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Jaw bone 388 mm, polychrome. A staybusk (corset stay) engraved with geometrical and floral borders surrounding four panels, the largest with a whaling scene. |
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Sawn jaw-bone of a whale showing whaling brig under shortened sail following four of her boats with bow-paintings chasing sperm whales. A dead whale floats with a waft to mark it. A whale blowing blood as a boat approaches with the mate in the bows ready to use the lance (note steersman steering with long oars). A boat nearby upset by a whale that has been harpooned, diving beneath it. Fourth boat approaching a whale to harpoon it. Decorations: Heart pierced by arrow below foul anchor which, being the crest of the Admiralty, shows that the engraver was a naval seaman; Bowl of fruit.
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