Scrimshaw tooth, sailor with harpoon

tooth

SCRIMSHAW & ALLIED ARTS - TEETH
marad; scrimshaw
USA, CT, Guilford
May 18, 1840
0 x 3.25 x 0

Scrimshaw whale tooth; sailor with harpoon on one side; sailor tarring lines on reverse; handwritten label in hollow reads, "Marvin/ Guilford/ 5-18-40/ 3-1/2"

1973.434