Walrus tooth scrimshaw engraved on one side with a three-mas - Lot 322

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Walrus tooth scrimshaw engraved on one side with a three-mas - Lot 322
Walrus tooth scrimshaw engraved on one side with a three-masted whaling ship and on the other side with the inscription "Whaler Lion". (minor wear) Height Height : 9.5 cm Note: The etymology of the term is uncertain. A late 19th-century American dictionary defines the word as a nautical term for "any object produced by sailors during the hours of liberty". In his novel Moby-Dick, Herman Melville refers to "skrimshander articles" engraved by the sailors of whalers.
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