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Modern scrimshaw by artist Salman Rashidi (1990s) depicting the whaling bark Navarch (1892-7).

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Modern scrimshaw by artist Salman Rashidi (1990s) depicting the whaling bark Navarch (1892-7).
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Modern scrimshaw by artist Salman Rashidi (1990s) depicting the whaling bark Navarch (1892-7). 550 grams, 7". Highly detailed lengthwise engraving on sperm whale tooth depicting the wooden steamship Navarch locked in sea-ice, with men, dog and seals in the foreground, signed by the artist at bottom left, the other side of the tusk left in a natural state (not smooth), the ship in question famous for having been abandoned in the ice in 1897 near Point Barrow, Alaska, to the demise of 16 of her crew on the trek back to land (another 16 survived), considered one of Alaska's worst shipping losses of all time. With wooden stand.