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minus-squarebaguettefish@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·5 days agousually teeth or tusks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrimshaw
minus-squareWhats_your_reasoning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 days agoMan, that first picture and its description. “American whaling ships, scrimshaw on whale tooth”. Imagine if a group of another species murdered you, then they carved an illustration of themselves murdering you, into your own tooth? Just… what the actual fuck?
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoWasn’t specific enough. Sorry. Surely humans put pictures of cutting down trees on paper.
What is whale ivory?
usually teeth or tusks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrimshaw
Man, that first picture and its description. “American whaling ships, scrimshaw on whale tooth”.
Imagine if a group of another species murdered you, then they carved an illustration of themselves murdering you, into your own tooth?
Just… what the actual fuck?
Wood
That is not wood
Wasn’t specific enough. Sorry.
Surely humans put pictures of cutting down trees on paper.
Bone?