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Scrimshaw whale's tooth dated "1878"

One side decorated with an exotic bird above the inscription, "Whaler Tropic Bird 181 tons 1878 Edgertown Captain J. Jernegan," the other decorated with a whaling scene and portrait of the ship.

L: 5 5/8 in.

Jared Jernegan (1825-1899) was born in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, and served as whaling master of the brig Tropic Bird from 1872-1879. Jernegan famously took his second wife, Helen Clark and their two children on a voyage to San Francisco while he continued on a three-year whaling expedition. Photographs of Jernegan, his children and other family memorabilia are in the collection of Martha's Vineyard Museum.

Provenance: Collection of the late Hans U. Jahn, Charlottesville, VA.

Northeast Auctions, August 21-22, 2010, Lot 913.