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Key Information

Title:
Sperm Whale Jawbone Scrimshaw
Object Name:
scrimshaw
Date/Period:
1780-1920
Location on Display:
Museum - Not Currently on display
Accession No:
KINCM:2013.183
Brief Description:
Sperm whale jawbone, lower right mandible. Engraved as scrimshaw depicting two sailing ships and a volcano looking mountain on the horizon. All teeth are missing and end of jawbone is snapped off. There are three old metal bolts within the bone as part of a historic fixing. One of a pair, see also KINCM:2013.182.

Physical Information

Material:
whalebone

Dimensions:

Type Height Width Depth Diameter Weight
overall 1700[mm]