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Ivory sperm whale tooth with mid-1800s "pricked" scrimshaw depicting a uniformed man.

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Non-wreck Start Price:450.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 900.00 USD
Ivory sperm whale tooth with mid-1800s  pricked  scrimshaw depicting a uniformed man.
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Ivory sperm whale tooth with mid-1800s "pricked" scrimshaw depicting a uniformed man. 95 grams; 4" x 2" x 1-1/4". A small but intact piece (just a few old splits and chips) with the scrimshaw design applied by placing an illustration (from a magazine, for example) over the ivory and using a pin to prick the surface around the outline of the picture.