Five Scrimshaw Teeth

photograph

Black and white photograph of five scrimshaw teeth. Three teeth in bottom row, two in top. Bottom row, left to right: 1) point of tooth curves to right, bust portrait of young woman, "The Morn of Life" inscribed below; 2) point of tooth curves to left, ships GEORGE and YORK TOWN depicted (identical to 1973.899.282); 3) point of tooth curves very slightly to left, woman in hat and cape. Upper row, left to right: 4) point of tooth curves to right, rose-ship-floral design; 5) point of tooth curves to left, rose-ship-floral design. Tooth 1 is a Whaling Museum, N. B. cf. Flayderman.