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Y: 62/15/28 |
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Scrimshaw |
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Scrimshaw |
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Tooth 115 mm. Carved with hulk and man holding an anchor. |
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With tip down, this symbolic piece is relief carved all round with geometrical shapes below a cylindrical panel with a late 18th/early 19th century hulk afloat with a plain, unidentifiable flag at the stern. Nearby is a man holding an anchor. The root is cut into a shallow, oval chamber (cf. #27)
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