A great big story. The last of the whale tooth carvers

A great big story. The last of the whale tooth carvers / Great Big Story.

One of America's last scrimshanders carves elegant designs onto antique whale teeth, forging a unique connection to New England's formative and violent whaling past. Our friends at Jungles in Paris bring us this story from Nantucket. This video is from the Origins collection of Great Big S...

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Bibliographic Details
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Published:	Atlanta, GA : CNN Newsource Sales, 2016.
Series:	Academic Video Online
Subjects:	Scrimshaws. Whaling. Offshore whaling. scrimshaws. Offshore whaling Scrimshaws Whaling Television news programs Television news programs. Téléjournaux.
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