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19TH CENTURY
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A pair of primitive scrimshaw whale's teeth**
19th century
[unsigned], the first decorated with a ship's wheel, a ship, and a banner with the name "Sam" on the verso, and a bird in the tree on the recto; the second with a profile of a head of a man on the verso and an elephant on the recto.
5½ in. (14 cm.) length and smaller. (2)
19th century
[unsigned], the first decorated with a ship's wheel, a ship, and a banner with the name "Sam" on the verso, and a bird in the tree on the recto; the second with a profile of a head of a man on the verso and an elephant on the recto.
5½ in. (14 cm.) length and smaller. (2)
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