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Scrimshaw Scrimshaw

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.

Sperm whale Sperm whale

Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, adult (44 years), male, skeleton of 'Moby', beached at Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, 31 March 1997

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