A SAILOR'S SCRIMSHAW BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN JAW BONE

A SAILOR'S SCRIMSHAW BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN JAW BONE

MID-19TH CENTURY

the exterior of each half engraved with a fully rigged three masted sailing ship or schooner and with three other vessels, the sky with hatched shading, possibly representing aurora boreralis or the Northern Lights, the interiors with scribed circles and flowerhead designs, one half retaining two teeth (2)

48.5cm long

Catalogue Note

See the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, object no. A4652 for a similar Australian example.