Like the 'feather trade' relating to the sale or trade of these products on the endangered species lists, I thought that only Native Americans or First Nation peoples were the only ones who have a legal right to collect and use them for cultural preservation. Was the State Senator involved in this trading!!?
Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wanda Pease" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 1:39 PM Subject: RE: [h-cost] re: effigy corset & whalebone > 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 > 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
