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Ivory whale tooth scrimshaw by Don Waring of New Bedford, Mass. (signed), mid-1900s, depicting a bat

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Ivory whale tooth scrimshaw by Don Waring of New Bedford, Mass. (signed), mid-1900s, depicting a bat
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Ivory whale tooth scrimshaw by Don Waring of New Bedford, Mass. (signed), mid-1900s, depicting a battle at sea. 584 grams, 7" x 3" x 2". Extra large, flat tooth with highly detailed, rope-bordered battle scene in which at least eight large warships with British and U.S. flags are at close quarters, their guns ablaze in a haze of smoke, two of the ships sinking and with four lifeboats full of men in the foreground, one of the warships with VICTORY on its stern, the other side of the tooth blank and holed for mounting, otherwise perfectly intact and beautiful.

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