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Scrimshaw tooth, figure of a woman

tooth

SCRIMSHAW & ALLIED ARTS - TEETH
marad; scrimshaw
Overall: 5 x 2 1/2 x 1 3/8 in.

Whale tooth. Etched image of woman in left profile, wearing a plumed hat, a bow with red trim around neck, and an ermine coat. Pin-prick dots for outlines visible. Image copied is titled "Spring Pardessus, No.2," from "Harper's New Monthly Magazine," May 1861


1939.1749