Two whale's teeth scrimshaw
Two whale's teeth scrimshaw
About this item
Full title
Call Numbers
SAFE/DR 40/Item a , SAFE/DR 40/Item b
Record Identifier
Reference Code
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Physical Description
Contents
2 scrimshaw - both approximately 18 x 8 cm - whale teeth
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
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Issue Copy
Digitised
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Alternative Titles
Full title
Two whale's teeth scrimshaw
Notes
General note
Lent to American Bicentenary Celebration Exhibition, December 1975-March 1978
Copy Print available at SPF/Scrimshaw
Digital order no:Album ID : 997088
Signature / Inscriptions
Depicts whaling scenes on both teeth:
Two sailing ships and in the foreground men trying to harpoon a whale
Sailing ship with the whale being flensed
Attributions / Conjectures
Sperm whale teeth, early 1800's with British, or more probably American ships
Reference:
Information supplied by Vaughan Evans, 13 November 1986
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Spencer List number: 33c (a) and (b)
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Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/DR 40/Item a , SAFE/DR 40/Item b
Record Identifier
9qoQJ5Z1
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoQJ5Z1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
839605
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