Jagging wheel made from sperm whale tooth | Nantucket Whaling Museum
Jagging wheels, or pie crimpers, made of sperm whale teeth were ostensibly for cutting and decorating pastries, but they may have been valued primarily for their design and aesthetic appeal. This particular jagging wheel is one of many on display at the Nantucket Whaling Museum.
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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 United States of America Massachusetts Nantucket Nantucket Whaling Museum Scrimshaw Jagging Wheel
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