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23. POLYNESIAN WHALE TOOTH: TAMBUA, FIJI, late 19 th century, of natural form, engraved “Ravono” and “Sawakasa,”
respectively along the two sides, dark creamy patina, pierced each end for attachment to a cord. Length 6 ¾ in.
24. DIMINUTIVE WHALEMAN MADE WHALE IVORY OVAL DITTY BOX, circa 1870s, ivory strapped box with
conforming pine base and a strapped cover with ivory plaque on pine, decorated with scrimshawed bark.
Height 1 ¼ in. Length 3 ¾ in. Width 3 ½ in.
25. WHALEMAN CARVED WHALE IVORY AND WHALEBONE PRESENTATION WALKING STICK, circa 1820,
very finely scribed whale ivory knob with 20 concentric circles, with a silver gilt collar on a paneled and turned tapering shaft in-
scribed, “Presented to John Dunham By Captain G. H. Kempton.” Length 33 ¼ in.
Note: G. H. Kempton is recorded as Master of the ship Orphan , sailing between New York and Le Havre, France (1856) and of the bark Clyde ,
between New York and Mobile Alabama (1851). Source: Carl Cutler, The Story of America’s Mail and Passenger Sailing Lines, Annapolis, MD, US
Naval Institute, 1961.
26. WHALEMAN CARVED WHALE IVORY AND WHALEBONE POINTER, 19 th century, the tapering whalebone shaft
with spiraling worm-line carving, baleen spacers, ivory tip and ring-collared whale ivory bulbous grip. Length 22 in.
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