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  2. Scrimshaw - Wikipedia

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    American whaling ships, scrimshaw on whale tooth, c. 1800. Scrimshaw is scrollwork, engravings, and carvings done in bone or ivory. Typically it refers to the artwork created by whalers, engraved on the byproducts of whales, such as bones or cartilage.

  3. 'Antiques Roadshow:' See a whale tooth worth more than $150K

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    Now, sperm whales are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. So, in order to sell the animal's tooth, it must be over 100 years old, and the owner has to know where it's been since the ...

  4. Whaling in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Other forms of ivory included a whale's panbone, walrus ivory, and elephant ivory. Of course, the most common scrimshaw during the whaling period of the 19th century was made from whale parts. Other forms of scrimshaw included whalebone fids (rope splicer), bodkins (needle), swifts (yarn holding equipment) and sailors' canes.

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  6. Are whales mammals? Understanding the marine animal's ... - AOL

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    A whale's blowhole connects to its lungs to inhale oxygen. Some whales, such as the sperm or Cuvier's beaked, can spend over an hour between breaths , the Whale and Dolphin Conservation reports.

  7. File:Whale Tooth Scrimshaw State Library of New South Wales ...

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  8. Nantucket Whaling Museum - Wikipedia

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    Restored in 2005, the Nantucket Whaling Museum has an expanded exhibit and program space that connects the 1847 Hadwen & Barney Oil and Candle Factory and the 1971 Peter Foulger Museum. The new structure includes the Gosnell Hall Whale Hunt Gallery, where a 46 foot (14 meter) long sperm whale skeleton is suspended from the ceiling.

  9. World’s rarest whale may have washed up on New ... - AOL

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    Spade-toothed whales are the world’s rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. No one knows how many there are, what they eat, or even where they live in the vast expanse of the southern ...