From Whale Jaws to Corsets: How Sailors' Love Tokens Got Into Women's Underwear
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[caption id="attachment_61994" align="alignnone" width="570"] Two scrimshaw "whalebone" busks from the early 1800s housed at the Winterthur Museum in Dela
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A short history of corsetry, from whalebone to Lycra.
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AMERICAN WHALEMAN CARVED AND POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSK
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Trout Scrimshaw Scrimshaw, Knife, Pocket knife
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Elegant Busks: A Fashion Statement from the 19th Century
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10 Scrimshaw/whaling ideas scrimshaw, whale, scrimshaw art
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From Whale Jaws to Corsets: How Sailors' Love Tokens Got Into Women's Underwear
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Whale Lingerie - Canada
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A Woman Has an Awful Lot to Thank a Whale For - THE WHALING MUSEUM
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10 Scrimshaw/whaling ideas scrimshaw, whale, scrimshaw art
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