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<p>[QUOTE="Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 107239, member: 23"]Scrimshaw usually refers to etched whale or bone done by sailors. If you say scrimshaw, that's what most people will think of. Ivory has schreger lines. Bone usually has tiny pinpoints where blood vessels went through it. I am not seeing that here, but it could just be photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first photo shows the Schreger lines in ivory. The second shows bone. Some bone isn't as spotted as this, but there is always some indication of pits and dots. Resin can be made with powdered bone or ivory, but you can usually tell. I think from the photos yours looks too smooth and perfect to be either bone or ivory. I think it's resin. [ATTACH=full]27014[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]27015[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 107239, member: 23"]Scrimshaw usually refers to etched whale or bone done by sailors. If you say scrimshaw, that's what most people will think of. Ivory has schreger lines. Bone usually has tiny pinpoints where blood vessels went through it. I am not seeing that here, but it could just be photos. The first photo shows the Schreger lines in ivory. The second shows bone. Some bone isn't as spotted as this, but there is always some indication of pits and dots. Resin can be made with powdered bone or ivory, but you can usually tell. I think from the photos yours looks too smooth and perfect to be either bone or ivory. I think it's resin. [ATTACH=full]27014[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]27015[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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