Polychrome Scrimshaw Whale's Tooth, Mid-Nineteenth Century. The obverse engraved with a couple holding hands before a red sun, beneath an arched border continuing to the reverse with a view of the crucifixion of Christ by two soldiers, mounted on the bone base inlaid with a border of baleen diamonds. H: 5.25 in., W: 3.25 in., D: 2.375 in.

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5.25 x 3.25 x 2.375 in