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4. OUTSTANDING CARVED WALRUS TUSK CRIBBAGE BOARD, circa 1900, the polychromed and carved tusk in the
form of a large predator fish with an open mouth full of teeth and a smaller striped fish behind and a perpendicular wraparound beaver.
Scrimshawed seal and pup on the fish’s face and 12-raised scoring boxes; the underside scrimshawed and polychromed with a walrus,
goose and a seal.
Length 19 in. Width 2 ½ in.
2,000/3,000
5. PAIR OF WHALEMAN SCRIMSHAWED SPERM WHALE TEETH, late 19 th century, the first with a longboat on a whale
in front of the whaling bark; the 2nd depicts one longboat rowing to another stoved boat and a spouting whale.
Length 7 in. each
1,500/2,500
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