Scrimshaw

Description

Physeter macrocephalus, sperm whale, lower jaw with scrimshaw engraving depicting both the sperm whale and the sailing ship Woodlark and its boats capturing it off the Banda Islands, Banda Sea, Indonesia, 7 April 1843.

Museum reference

Z.1844.15

Collection

Mammals

Object name

Scrimshaw

Scientific name(s)

species: Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 - Sperm whale

Specimen details

Specimen form: Skeleton

Materials

Cetacean bone

Collection place(s)

Banda Sea, Indonesia, Southeast Asia

Associations

Crichton, Benjamin Thomas, 1840 (fl.)
Collector: Hardie, William, 1840 - 1843 (fl.)
Depicted: Woodlark (sailing ship)

Exhibitions

• Window on the World (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Turner, 1872, Proc.R.Soc.Edinb. VII, 633-5, figd.

Turner, 1904, Ann.Scott.Nat.Hist., 5

Herman, 1992, Cetacean Specimens NMS, 38-40

On display

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