ext_3077 ([identity profile] starcat-jewel.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] dianeduane 2007-02-16 08:04 pm (UTC)

That's not scrimshaw.

Or rather, it's "scrimshaw" only by virtue of it being engraving on an ivory base, which I'm sure is the only reason they get away with calling it that. Real scrimshaw looks like this (http://www.antiquesofthesea.com/aos_images/scrimshaw/0883_scrim_cachalot.jpg) or this (http://woodstogoods.com/ecommerce/images/scrimshaw_mermaid.jpg), or even this (http://www.scrimshaw-by-faustina.com/).

Poseurs.

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