Ø A 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR'S SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH
incised over one side and depicting a whaler hove to with whale boats harpooning their prey -- 6½in. (16.5cm.); 437gm.

Condition Report
Several hairline shrinkage cracks around root, otherwise in typical condition for age.

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