The Cahoon Museum of American Art on Cape Cod has been diving into the history of scrimshaw. Don't know what that is? Well, you're not alone. This largely forgotten folk art form — created by whalemen ...

The New Bedford Whaling Museum’s scrimshaw collection, which includes hundreds of whalebone clocks, pie crimpers, musical instruments, canes and umbrellas, is advertised as the largest of its kind in ...

Scrimshaw artist Brian Kiracofe on the art of engraving on ivory and bone. Scrimshaw dates back to the late 17th century when whalers who were out on a long voyage would engrave on ivory and bone ...

A new exhibition is looking at the traditional art form of scrimshaw through a wider context and contemporary lens. "The Wider World and Scrimshaw” at the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts ...

Q: What is the value of and how do we sell a piece of Confederate scrimshaw on whale's tooth? It has a scrimshaw picture of the Confederate warship "Alabama." Also, a rare ivory-walrus-tusk cribbage ...

Art thieves who broke into a Monterey peninsula museum made off with a collection of 48 irreplaceable abalone scrimshaw carvings, one of California's most unusual and rare historical artifacts. The ...

COOS BAY — If you have ever wondered about the ancient art of cutting designs into bone and ivory, the Coos Bay Boat Building Center will offer a class with Bob Hergert of Port Orford. Hergert has ...

John F. Kennedy’s affinity for the sea ran deep, from his boyhood swimming off the shores of Nantucket to his time with the Navy. It wasn’t until he was a senator, though, that he discovered his love ...

What is the value of my 21 1/2-inch scrimshaw walrus tusk marked Nome 1903? It has a cribbage set on the back. – Pat, Chester, Va. The scrimshaw artist on my 4-inch whale tooth is marked JA. Value? – ...