Whaling Industry and Products collection
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| Whale showing baleen | Moorsom’s Whalebone Shed |
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| False teeth made of walrus ivory | Knob from top of walking stick | Scrimshaw |
Collection includes:
- William Scoresby junior’s drawing of whale oil gas apparatus
- Specimen of unprocessed baleen (whalebone)
- Bottle of whale oil from South Georgia
- Statistics on the catches obtained by Whitby whaling ships from 1803 to 1816
- Old map of Whitby showing the locations of whaling related industries
- Pictures of a shed made from whale jaw bones
- Whalebone stay busks
- False teeth made from walrus ivory
- Pen made from whale bone
- Silver-topped whip made from baleen
Carved bone and ivory: Walking stick carved from a narwhal tusk, engraved “R Sanderson, 1846” Knob from a gentleman’s walking stick engraved “F.D.1705”
Scrimshaw: carving on bone or ivory by sailors
- Various items, including 3 engraved sperm whale teeth
- Pair of walrus tusks engraved with fish, snake and bird
- Whalebone stay busk carved as a love token
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