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Carved Ivory & Bone

Carved Ivory & Bone

Tribal Art

19th Century


5 objects

Sperm Whale Tooth Scrimshaw. Whaler's Sailor. 19th Century.

Polychrome sperm whale tooth scrimshaw engraved with a whaler's sailor holding the American flag, a somewhat naive engraving made by whalers during long hunts for cetaceans. Probably from New Bedford [...]

Period: 19th century

420 €
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Tabua From The Fiji Islands, 19th Century. Sperm Whale Tooth Scrimshaw.

Rare tabua or tambua, pierced at both ends to pass a braided coconut fiber cord, and worn as a pendant by Maori chiefs as a sign of distinction. Fiji Islands, Tonga 19th century. This one measures 14.[...]

Period: 19th century

1 200 €

Scrimshaw. Rare Tabua, Sperm Whale Tooth From Fiji. 19th Century.

Scrimshaw, Tabua, pierced at both ends to pass a braided coconut fiber cord, and worn as a pendant by Maori chiefs as a sign of distinction. Fiji Islands, Tonga 19th century. This one measures 16.5cm.[...]

Period: 19th century

850 €

Scrimshaws, Four Sperm Whale Teeth. 19th Century

Four sperm whale teeth including three scrimshaws representing a woman with the inscription "EXCELSIOR", a penguin and a richly dressed standing man. Probably United States, Nantucket, 19th century. H[...]

Period: 19th century

1 550 €
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Scrimshaw In Marine Ivory. Sperm Whale Tooth. New Bedford. 19th Century

Sperm whale tooth (Physeter macrocephalus/catodon) engraved in scrimshaw of a sailor holding a saber and brandishing a flag, his foot on an anchor. Caption: Brig Union. 1867. Cut stump with old screw [...]

Period: 19th century

820 €
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5 objects
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