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Scrimshaw engraved in a sperm whale tooth representing a fine lady, hand resting on the back of a chair. Engraving in naïve style, like the sailors on board of the whalers used to make during their long days of hunting in the nineteenth century...
Height: 13 cm
Width:  7.5 cm

Very good condition

Scrimshawed sperm whale tooth - marine ivory - 19th century

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