![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The word first appeared in the logbook of the brig By Chance in 1826, but the etymology is uncertain. A maker of scrimshaw is known as a scrimshander. The practice survives as a hobby and as a trade for commercial artisans. The making of scrimshaw probably began on whaling ships in the late 18th century and survived until the ban on commercial whaling. However, the latter really fall into the categories of ivory carving, for all carved teeth and tusks, or bone carving. It takes the form of elaborate engravings in the form of pictures and lettering on the surface of the bone or tooth, with the engraving highlighted using a pigment, or, less often, small sculptures made from the same material. It is most commonly made out of the bones and teeth of sperm whales, the baleen of other whales, and the tusks of walruses. Typically it refers to the artwork created by whalers, engraved on the byproducts of whales, such as bones or cartilage. Scrimshaw is scrollwork, engravings, and carvings done in bone or ivory. American whaling ships, scrimshaw on whale tooth, c. For the surname, see Scrimshaw (surname). ![]()
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