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Object connections:
| Collection | Sailors' craftwork, Decorative art |
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| User collections | Illustrated Teeth and Bone by dmclark |
| Gallery location | Not on display |
| People | Provenance: Brookes, William Tolley |
Object details:
| Object ID | AAA0016 |
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| Description | A plain, polished sperm whale's tooth formerly belonging to William Tolley Brookes, captain of the whale ship 'Active' in the 1830s. Larger teeth like these were obtained before numbers of these whales declined through overfishing. |
| Date made | circa 1835 |
| Artist/Maker | Unknown |
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| Credit | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Materials | whale tooth |
| Measurements | Overall: 64 mm x 220 mm x 77 mm |
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