In the Heat of Battle

“In the Heat of Battle” black and white scrimshaw on ancient walrus tusk ivory artifact by Steve Willeford. Tremendous amount of detail by Willeford in this scene. Willeford does not create many pieces now and they are prized whenever they appear. Take time to really study this one as it is unlike any other scrimshander working today. Really like the way he has added a bit of sepia tone, matching the tones in the artifact. Ivory was used as ice axe hundreds and hundreds of years ago in the Northern Bering Sea area. Not much of this around today.