[DOC] [TLE] Scrimshaw - Wikipedia [PAR] Scrimshaw is the name given to scrollwork, engravings, and carvings done in 
bone or ivory. Typically it refers to the handiwork created by whalers made from 
the byproducts of harvesting marine mammals. It is most commonly made out of 
the bones and teeth of sperm whales, the ... Scrimshaw is derived from the 
practice of sailors on whaling ships creating... [DOC] [TLE] West Sea Scrimshaw Feature Page 1 - West Sea Company [PAR] In reality the true definition of scrimshaw is: The art of carving or otherwise 
constructing decorative, often useful, objects as done by whale men, sailors, ... 
The artifact thus formed must have one or more clear nautical association(s) ... 
Recent auction results also testify to its being the most prized and valuable to 
collectors. [DOC] [TLE] Art of Whaling | New Bedford Whaling Museum [PAR] Aug 3, 2016 ... However, in its original context as a traditional shipboard pastime of ... and 
skeletal whale bone, often used often in combination with other found materials. 
... The term originally referred to the production of sailors' hand-tools and ... 
Whale ivory, bone, and baleen precursors to whalemen's scrimshaw... [DOC] [TLE] From Whale Jaws to Corsets: How Sailors' Love Tokens Got Into ... [PAR] Apr 29, 2015 ... Known as a busk, this long, flat, rigid object would slide into a tall, ... From the 
17th through the 19th century, corsets, known as stays, would often be lined 
with baleen, ... any baleen, as well as skeletal whale bone and walrus-tusk ivory. 
... engraving decorations into whale's teeth and into their hand-carved... [DOC] [TLE] Whaling - National Museum of American History - Smithsonian [PAR] While whalebone and ivory were valuable, a whaler's main profits came from the 
oil ... This one-sided sperm whale probably served as a shop sign or decoration. 
... Working aboard a whale ship was strenuous and often unpleasant. ..... 
Scrimshaw refers to decorative and utilitarian objects carved from bone, ivory 
teeth, and... [DOC] [TLE] Ivory, Bone, Antler and Horn | Pitt Rivers Museum [PAR] Strictly speaking, the word ivory only applies to the elephant tusks. ... Objects 
made from sperm whale teeth include scrimshaws, as carved by European ... 
only to the properties of hardness and colour but also to its relative scarceness. ... 
A bow of walrus ivory highlights how the practical and decorative were often 
combined. [DOC] [TLE] Scrimshaw Real or Repro? [PAR] Apr 23, 2000 ... Examples of scrimshawed whale's teeth carved by the legendary ... 2) If genuine 
ivory, is it a contemporary or antique work? and 3) If ... hand-carved objects made 
of (or scenes engraved on) whalebone, ... Although many objects were scrimmed 
aboard the whaling ship, a decorated whale's tooth is one of... [DOC] [TLE] ivory carving | art form | Britannica.com [PAR] The carving or shaping of ivory into sculptures, ornaments, and decorative or 
utilitarian ... ivory has been considered an article of luxury because of its qualities 
of fine ... animals, often rendered in a masterly manner and combined to form 
scenes. .... once more, chiefly for making forgeries of older, more valuable ivory 
objects. [DOC] [TLE] Terminal 2 - Exhibit Detail | http://www.flysfo.com/ [PAR] As a result, whale teeth and bone were readily available to sailors. Scrimshaw, 
one of the earliest forms of American folk art, refers to carving whale teeth or ivory
, bone, and walrus tusks into decorative and practical ... Mariners etched a variety 
of imagery such as ships, women, patriotic symbols, whaling scenes, historical... [DOC] [TLE] Antique Whale Tooth carved pins had many purposes from tooth ... [PAR] Antique Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Tooth from the 1800s ... Whale Bone Circle of 
Life Hook carving by Master Carver Beau Rasmussen, .... Africa | Hair pin from 
the Mangbetu people of DR Congo | Ivory | 63,900 ..... one in the shape of a seal
, the other decorated with images of sea creatures. ..... Very interesting object! [DOC] [TLE] Scrimshaw (marine mammals) - In Depth Tutorials

Question: It's the term for bone or ivory objects once carved by sailors and often decorated with whaling scenes
Answer: Scrimshaw