In the New Bedford museum, I am remembering in particular, a hinged yarn winder that had some pieces that were at least a foot long. Were there teeth this long?
Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Catelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 9:21 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] re: effigy corset & whalebone > > Whale teeth, from toothed whales, obviously, such at > the very desirable sperm whale, and ivory, from walrus > & other sources (also teeth, of course). > > Surely on other surfaces, too, but those are the > materials I remember. > > A brief "googling" turns up ivory--whale teeth & > walrus tusks--as a modern & nineteenth century medium > to put scrimshaw on. > Modern scrimshaw'rs (??) also use fossil mammoth > ivory, vegetable 'ivory, and hippo tusks. > > Not baleen, not bone. > > > I just was looking at some scrimshaw at Old Mystic > Seaport in Mystic, CT two weeks ago, but no > guarantees. > > Ann in CT > > --- Lloyd Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Am I really off the wall to be remembering that > > most/ much of traditional > > scrimshaw was done with whalebone? Especially the > > larger pieces? The > > whaling museum in New Bedford, Ma. might be a good > > site to answer this > > question. > > > > Kathleen > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
