Scrimshaw

Sailors used to pass the time on long voyages by carving bone, horn or walrus ivory.   This horn is decorated with scenes of Edinburgh, but it is engraved, “Thomas Wyllie, Shoemaker, Dumfries”.
Object no :
DMSH007n
Collection :
Shipping & Ports
Creator :
Thomas Wyllie
Place of Production :
NA
Dimensions :
NA
Materials :
horn
Location :
NA
Accession number :
DUMFM:0204.2
Copyright :
Dumfries & Galloway Council
2 Fmedia2 F175742 F4431

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