细节
A PAIR OF RELIEF CARVED AND ENGRAVED SCRIMSHAW WHALES TEETH
American or Scottish, attributed to B. Bifer, 19th century
Each depicting full standing male and female figures of Pict warriors each holding a spear and ornamented with tattoos mounted on rosewood stands small chip to tip of one tooth
7in. high, excluding base (2)
来源
E. Norman Flayderman
出版
E. Norman Flayderman, Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders (New Milford, CT 1972) p. 63
注意事项
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