Post #348102 by Paipo on Thu, Dec 6, 2007 3:19 PM

Sweet link, and there is plenty of Oceanic stuff there if you take the time to look - heaps of Tabua, and a cool scene showing some outrigger canoes around the ships. I bought this many years ago thinking I might carve or scrimshaw it, until I found out what it was:

I have seen a lot of whale teeth over the years, but this is one of the biggest. I think the smoked patina has been sanded off unfortunately (still visible in the grooves ), and the two dark spots are little tacks still embedded in the ivory that have rusted out. I guess it probably had an engraved plaque on it at some point.