I lived in Alaska for far too short a time: 1970-1972 but I happened to fall in with a "crash pad" style household that included ivory and native arts traders, a State Senator (occasionally), real estate salesman (wanna buy a genuine piece of Alaska?), etc. At that time I picked up a walrus tusk (2 foot long). That was the smallest of the ones he had. Others measured up to 4 feet. The butt end of the tusk was hollow where it fit over the root or bone or whatever they are fixed to in the animal's mouth.
I also have some scrimshaw on both walrus ivory, mammoth ivory, baleen, and walrus skull bone. I gave a pass to the vegetable ivory he had imported from Taiwan which is where most of the currently available "new" scrimshaw is coming from. If you do want to buy this art be very careful of your source since it can be neither old, nor ivory. Regina Romsey > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Lloyd Mitchell > Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 7:43 AM > To: Historical Costume > Subject: Re: [h-cost] re: effigy corset & whalebone > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
