A sperm whale’s tooth can weigh more than two pounds and they are illegally trafficked to be used as decorations and for ...

Suitors in the 18th and 19th centuries often carved love tokens out of whatever material was at hand. According to the ...

Watch stand, with scrimshaw decoration, wood / whale tooth / whale bone / tortoiseshell / horn, made by Alfred Evans, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c. 1852. Powerhouse Collection.

Used as a form of currency with Pacific Islanders in the Oceania trade, whales' teeth also served as a blank template for ... Ingenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved: Scrimshaw in the New Bedford ...