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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 11175611, member: 5833&quot;]Except, looks like someone keeping tally with hatchmarks who got up to 6?</p><p><br /></p><p>I have 2 scrimshaw pieces.&nbsp; One is flat on both sides &amp; might be tooth or tusk:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]538011[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]538012[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The material of the other looks more like yours.&nbsp; Is yours also more of a cabochon shape, domed on top?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]538013[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]538014[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I submitted &#039;Ray II&quot; to a scrimshaw artist database, but he was unknown to them.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; As I look more carefully at this piece, I&#039;m seeing Schreger lines (look to the left of her face), and, I am sad to say, they look more like those of modern elephants rather than those of mammoths, as far as I can tell from on line photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>The material of your piece also looks like ivory to me, except cut the long way instead of cross cut.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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