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Woodworking tool with whale's tooth handle
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Title
Woodworking
tool
with
whale's
tooth
handle
Place
New London (Conn.)
Topic
Whaling
Genre
Scrimshaws
Bone carving
Ivory carving
Carving (Decorative arts)
Tools
Theme
Livelihood
Lifestyle
Description
Metal
auger
bit
for
wood
working
fitted
to
polished
whale's
tooth
handle
.
Handle
carved
and
polished
to
suggest
open
mouthed
animal
.
Engraved
on
one
side
"
SHIP
SIAM/
1858/
NEW
LONDON
".
Notes
Crews
on
whaling
vessels
often
used
leisure
time
on
long
voyages
to
create
scrimshaw
pieces
out
of
whale
bones
and
teeth
that were
both
useful
, as in this
case
, and
decorative
.
Date created
1858
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1939.2045
;
File
name
:
MSM_1939_2045.tif
Source
Mystic
Seaport
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from The
Curatorial
Department
,
Mystic
Seaport
,
Mystic
.
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