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A 19TH CENTURY SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH
incised overall, the obverse with the Masonic[?] 'all seeing eye'to the tip with banners reading NANTUCKET SHIP LAURA over a ship's portrait with a whale profile below; the reverse with foliage, harpoons and other tools, crossed Stars & Stripes and an anchor, finished overall in red, blue, yellow, brown and green -- 4¾in. (12cm.)
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incised overall, the obverse with the Masonic[?] 'all seeing eye'to the tip with banners reading NANTUCKET SHIP LAURA over a ship's portrait with a whale profile below; the reverse with foliage, harpoons and other tools, crossed Stars & Stripes and an anchor, finished overall in red, blue, yellow, brown and green -- 4¾in. (12cm.)
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