Acrobatic Humpback

“Acrobatic Humpback” color scrimshaw on large sperm whale’s tooth by S.J. Wainwright. Humpback trying to do a complete backflip. He may pull it off. Nice work by Wainwright who did scrimshaw in Hawaii for some time. This is from one of our clients who is no longer with us. Tooth in excellent condition.

NOTICE

This scrimshaw is done on a sperm whale’s tooth. Federal legislation bans the interstate shipment of whale ivory. It can only be shipped intrastate (within the state). All of our whale ivory is located with our associate in the state of Ohio. It can be purchased directly from our website and shipped only to an address within the state of Ohio. If one has a relative, trusted friend or business associate within the state of Ohio, we can ship to that specified address in order to comply with Federal legislation. The scrimshaw can then be forwarded to you and everyone complies with the law. Any questions, email or call us.