Sperm whale teeth and scrimshaw | Nantucket Whaling Museum
Three large sperm whale teeth, illustrating preparation for scrimshaw. The tooth on the left is raw and unpolished. The middle tooth has been polished, perhaps with shark skin or some similar textured substance. The tooth on the left is in the process of being engraved with scrimshaw.
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Whale Sperm Whale Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Odontoceti Physeteridae Physeter macrocephalus Cetartiodactyla Cachalot Marine Mammal Odontocete Physeter catadon Toothed Whale CITES Appendix 1 Vulnerable: IUCN Red List Pacific United States of America Massachusetts Nantucket Nantucket Whaling Museum Scrimshaw
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- Ship Strikes, Strandings, Skeletons, Sperm Whales
