SPERM WHALE WEATHERVANEMark S. McNair(b. 1950)
Craddockville, VA, c. 2000
30 in. long, 22 1/2 in. tall
A sperm whale weathervane displaying inserted teeth and carved pectoral fins and eyes. On this special example,...
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EXCEPTIONAL AND UNIQUE POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAWANTIQUE WHA...Exceptional and Unique Polychrome Scrimshaw Antique Whale Tooth, circa 1870 , engraved with the private signals of whaling vessels belonging to the port of New...
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ROBERT NEWELL PRINT "THE PRIVATE SIGNALSOF NANTUCKET W...Robert Newell Print "The Private Signals of Nantucket Whaling Merchants", signed within the print R.R. Newell, '70
Framed 20 in. x 16 in.
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FRAMED 19TH C. AMERICAN INK & GOUACHEOF WHALE HUNTERSUnited States, New England, ca. mid 19th century. A dramatic rendering of a whale hunt delineated in ink and gouache on paper with the word "WHALING" below....
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2012 HAIDA ARGILLITE & ABALONE ORCABY LIONEL SAMUELSLionel Samuels (First Nations, Haida, Canada, 1963 to present) ca. 2012 CE, "Orca Whale." This is a striking hand carved argillite sculpture of a sacred orca...
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19TH C. FIJI TABUA (WHALE TOOTH & SENNETCORD)South Pacific, Fiji Islands, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A polished sperm whale tooth known as a tabua with a woven cord made from sennet attached to both tips...
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19TH C. TONGAN WOOD & WHALE IVORY KALIHAHAPO HEADRESTOceania, Polynesia, Tonga, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A lovely hand carved wooden and whale tooth inlay headrest known as a kali heap or a kali...
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19TH C. TLINGIT / HAIDA WALRUS IVORY& NACRE ORCA CHARM...Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, United States or Canada, Tlingit or Haida people, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. This is a beautiful...
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GREENLAND INUIT SPERM WHALE TOOTH TUPILAQSPIRIT FIGURE...First Nations, Northern Canada / Greenland, Inuit culture, ca. late 20th to 21st century CE. A dramatic carving of a tupilaq (tupilak), the avenging spirit...
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19TH C. TLINGIT / HAIDA BONE PENDANTORCA WHALENative American, Pacific Northwest Coast, United States or Canada, Tlingit or Haida, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. This is a lovely pendant in the form of...
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GROUP OF FOUR INUIT DRAWINGS: CHILDRENPLAYING + FISHING A WHALE + HUNTING A SEAL, 1973 + POLAR BEAR WATCHES SUN RISE, 1973Group of Four Inuit Drawings: , Children Playing + , Fishing A Whale + , Hunting A Seal,...
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PRINT "PRIVATE SIGNALS OF THE WHALINGVESSELS &C. BELONGING TO THE PORT OF NEW BEDFORD." 19TH CENTURY 22.25” X 31.5” SIGHT. FRAMED 24.25” X 33.5”. VESSELS &C. BELONGING TO THE PORT OF NEW BEDFORD.", 19th...
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WHALING CAPTAIN'S "GOING-ASHORE" CANEMID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 35.5"., Mid-19th Century, Faceted mushroom-style whale ivory handle, inlaid with an 1837 Seated Liberty half-dime at top, and alternating red and...
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UNUSUAL DECORATED WHALE RIB 19TH CENTURYLENGTH APPROX. 46".UNUSUAL DECORATED WHALE RIB, 19th Century, Nearly entirely covered with brown-black inked or painted pictographs including palm trees, whales, ships,...
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SCARCE BOOK "BARK KATHLEEN SUNK BY AWHALE" WHALE", Bark Kathleen Sunk by a Whale as Related by the Captain, Thomas H. Jenkins to which is added an account of two like occurrences, the loss of Ships Ann Alexander...
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TURNED WHALE IVORY WHALING LOGBOOK WHALESTAMP 19TH CENTURY LENGTH 1.75". STAMP, 19th Century, Top of handle with pinpoint outline of a whale. Stem with "Sperm" in pinpoint lettering. Stamps an image of a compressed...
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SIXTEEN BOOKS ON ARCTIC WHALING ANDEXPLORATION EXPLORATION, Sizes, bindings and conditions vary. Most illustrated. Includes: 1) True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World, by A.W. Greely. 2) Arctic Adventure:...
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EDWARD S. CURTIS, WHALING FLOATS, 1915EdwardS. Curtis, (1868 - 1952) Whaling Floats, 1915, photogravure on Japanese vellum titled in plate, lower left: WHALING FLOATS inscribed in plate, lower center: From Copyright...
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HEBER REECE, GROUP OF THREE SILKSCREENSHeberReece, (Tsimshian, b. 1955) Group of Three: Eagle Box Design + Tsimshian Killer Whale Crest + Tsimshian Eagle Crest, Eagle Box Design: silkscreen, edition 95 of 130; Tsimshian...
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TWO SIGNED SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TEETH Twosigned scrimshaw whale's teeth, the first a full tooth with a vertical depiction of a whaling ship, signed at the bottom ER; the second, a fragment of a tooth, decorated with...
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TWO PIECES JIM LEE SIGNED FOSSIL SCRIMSHAWTwo pieces of Jim Lee (American active late 20th century), fossil scrimshaw comprising, a slice of fossilized Mammoth tooth decorated with a masted ship having a breaching...
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ATTRIB. JIM LEE WALRUS SCRIMSHAW W/WHALING SCENE Walrus tooth scrimshaw attributed to Jim Lee, the tooth split in half lengthwise, decorated with whaling scenes including a sperm whale breaching, men harvesting...
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FIVE SIGNED SCRIMSHAW TEETH INCLD. RASHIDIFive signed scrimshaw teeth by various artists comprising, a whale's tooth by James W. Lee depicting a busy wharf filled with ships including the A. E. Whyland of New Bedford,...
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3PCS SIGNED SCRIMSHAW INCLD. SALMANRASHIDI Three pieces of signed scrimshaw, comprising a Salman Rashidi (American active late 20th century), whale tooth depicting an Inuit hunting party with their canoe in...
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TWO W.A. ROBINSON & CO. WHALE OIL ADVERTISEMENTS19TH CENTURY FRAMED 9.75" X 11.75" AND 14.5" X 11.25"., 19th Century, Robinson labels affixed to original mixed media depictions of whales. Smaller initialed "Y.R.J.". Dimensions:...
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SCRIMSHAW WHALE IVORY FOOTED VASE MID-19THCENTURY HEIGHT 4.25".SCRIMSHAW WHALE IVORY FOOTED VASE, Mid-19th Century, Obverse depicts an eagle, an American flag and foliate designs. Reverse depicts a man dressed in...
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SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH BY THE VIGNETTEENGRAVER 19TH CENTURY LENGTH 5.5". ENGRAVER, 19th Century, Obverse depicts a very active whaling scene of a whaleship, six whales and four whaleboats in various stages of...
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POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW PANBONE PANEL WITHWHALING SCENE 19TH CENTURY 5.25" X 11.5". WHALING SCENE, 19th Century, Depicts an active whaling scene off an island, with a three-masted whaleship, four whaleboats and...
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EARLY POLYCRHOME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH19TH CENTURY LENGTH 7"., 19th Century, Obverse depicts "The S. Nassau Off Sunday Isl. In A Severe Squal[ sic] From The WSW.", titled in a banner above a scene of a ship...
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FINE POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONEBUSK 19TH CENTURY LENGTH 13". BUSK, 19th Century, Depicts red flowers, a potted flowering plant, a bird in a tree, two whaling scenes and two dolphins, the images separated...
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SCRIMSHAW WHALE IVORY MORTAR AND PESTLE19TH CENTURY MORTAR HEIGHT 2.25"., 19th Century, Mortar with "Jessie" and a floral garland in a decorative cartouche topped with a six-pointed star and centering an elliptical...
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POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH 19THCENTURY LENGTH 5.5".POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH, 19th Century, Obverse with a bust portrait of Neptune wearing a blue, black and red crown and grasping a "Neptune"...
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JAPANESE CARVED ORCA WHALE TOOTH OKIMONOOF IMMORTAL SHOU LAO GOD OF LONGEVITY 1 ¼" x 15/16" x 1 ?" Finely carved Orca whale tooth, depicting seated Immortal Shou Lao, holding two chopsticks, with double gourd...
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JAPANESE CARVED ORCA WHALE TOOTH NETSUKEOF LUCKY GOD DAIKOKUTEN OF PROSPERITY 1 ?" Nicely carved Orca whale tooth netsuke of the Lucky god Daikokuten, depicted with a bag full of valuable objects; applied pigments...
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