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Post #345647 by timidtiki on Fri, Nov 23, 2007 12:48 PM

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Not embellished and not tiki but most of the other posts of my work are in this thread.

So . . . this is a sculptural piece created from a fire agate in the shape of a sperm whale (plus a star ruby and blue fossil mammoth ivory bark).

I call it Enewetak Sunset in memory of the role of Enewetak in the history or the whaling fisheries and in the US nuclear tests after WWII.

First the sperm whale fire agate (note the jaw line and an eye with the proper placement):

Next - ENEWETAK SUNSET: