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Scrimshaw: Emerald tooth
Document Type: Artifact
Geographic Location: Rockland, Maine
ID Number: 78.25.1.3
Keywords: 78.25.1.3; scrimshaw; carvings
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Description:
Highly unusual for Maine is this scrimshawed sperm whale tooth by a sailor named Pettegrow from Rockland Maine. The other side has a image of the whaler Emerald. There were vessels of this name out of New Bedford and Sag Harbor.
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