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Maritime: A scrimshaw carved sperm whale's tooth, 19th century. Finely carved depicting sailors on a boat harpooning a semi-submerged whale. Inscribed '.....
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One of the largest sperm whale teeth in the American History Museum’s collection, this huge example measures 8-1/2 inches long. One entire side is taken up by the horizontal inscription “TAKEN BY THE SHIP/ MONTREAL OF LONDON/IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN FROM/A ONE HUNDRED BARREL/ WHALE”.
In this scrimshaw tutorial you will learn how to How to Scrimshaw a Whale by first preparing an ivory whale tooth for carving and then the techniques for car...
Most scrimshaw images are engraved lines in the surface of a whales’ teeth that are then filled in with lamp black, leaving a one-dimensional effect. Many artists used a pin to pricked through a drawing which lay agianst the tooth.
11 maj 2020 · By the eighteenth century, scrimshaw became popular amongst sailors from Europe and America to occupy the idle moments at sea. Bute’s piece of scrimshaw comes from a Sperm Whale (Physeter Macrocephalus), which was hunted to near extinction due to the lucrative sale of whale oil during the period.
This tooth of a sperm whale was probably etched and decorated by a sailor on a whaling ship. This art form, known as pictorial scrimshaw began in the early 19th century as a leisure activity for whalers who were often at sea for up to four years.
