Scrimshaw tooth inscribed "GASPE ON THE ROCKS"

tooth

SCRIMSHAW & ALLIED ARTS - TEETH
marad; scrimshaw
L. 6", Diam. at base 1-1/2"

Round scrimshaw whale tooth with faint scene of lighthouse and small schooner at right; carving of banjo above; inscribed below "GASPE ON THE ROCKS"; no date; probably made during filming of silent film "Down to the Sea in Ships"; Collection of the actor Raymond McKee who starred in the 1922 silent film "Down to the Sea in Ships", which also featured the whaling vessel CHARLES W. MORGAN.


2001.128.13

Raymond McKee Collection



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