Scrimshaw is known for detailed imagery—portraits, wildlife, nautical scenes, and ornamental compositions—cut or etched into ...

Scrimshaw artist Brian Kiracofe on the art of engraving on ivory and bone. Scrimshaw dates back to the late 17th century when whalers who were out on a long voyage would engrave on ivory and bone ...

A museum in Massachusetts has the largest scrimshaw collection in the world. Scrimshaw is artwork made from the bones of marine mammals. But this year, the gallery acquired a piece by an artist who ...

Q: What is the value of and how do we sell a piece of Confederate scrimshaw on whale's tooth? It has a scrimshaw picture of the Confederate warship "Alabama." Also, a rare ivory-walrus-tusk cribbage ...

The tooth shows two ships, a whale and a coloured American flag and the eight-inch “masterpiece” more than doubled its estimated price of £165,000 when it went under the hammer in Massachusetts, in ...

Scrimshaw is a craft. It is sort of an American folk art that is both unique and beautiful. For those who do not know what it is, scrimshaw is art performed on the “canvas” of marine animals. The ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Teeth and bones may be a specialised interest, but it’s one not limited to the medical profession. There’s a wide collector ...

First of all, to answer today’s question in the simplest of terms, this appears to be a sperm whale’s tooth. It looks like it may be a real one and not one of those plastic or composition fakes we see ...