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1936.26.28

Sperm whale tooth with decoration begun but not completed.

On display

1936.26.28

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Collection type
Object
Description
Sperm whale tooth with decoration begun but not completed.
Cultural groups
European
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Edward Lawson
PRM source Charles Miskin Laing
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1840
Date collected
1819 - 1840
Acquisition information
Donated: 1936
Materials and processes
Material Whale Tooth Animal, Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Scrimshaw Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 140 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1936.26.28
Research and responses

Janet West of the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, has identified Edward Lawson as being active in the South Seas from 1819-1840, rather than 1800-1820 as given in the original accession record (see her letter in RDF/ Collectors/Lawson). [JC 1996 1 30]

Search terms: Animalia, Carving, Animal Part, Scrimshaw

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