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Scrimshaw: depicting whaling scene on ostrich egg
Ostrich egg scrimshaw. Depicts a whaling scene. Ostrich eggs, and various other animal bones and shells, could be scrimshawed. Scrimshaw: depicting whaling scene on ostrich egg Scrimshawed ostrich egg showing whaling scene. Old number 68.4 (formerly A254) Numbers on 68.4 and 68.5 reversed. 68.5 is on the whaling scene and vice versa. Records corrected Jan 26 2006 scenes are copied from famous whaling prints. -JO
