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Chess Stubbs

1981

Subcollections

Scrimshaw

Overview

Etched whale tooth depicting sailing whaler under full sail (3 masts).

Historical information

This tooth was taken from a Sperm Whale caught by the Cheynes Beach Whaling Company (CBWC). Etched by Ches Stubbs and given to Tom Forby, a fisheries inspector for the CBWC.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-128-SC1999.258

Item type

Scrimshaw

Material

Ivory

Width

67 mm

Height or length

144 mm

Depth

29 mm

Weight

357 g

Inscriptions and markings

(on verso etched) [C Stubbs/ Albany/ May 26 1981] (inside tooth, black ink) [3A]

Contextual information

Etched by Chess Stubbs captain of the Cheynes III.

Keywords

STUBBS Ches

Albany's Historic Whaling Station

Scrimshaw

Cheyne Beach Whaling Co

Sperm Whale

Whaleworld

Place made

Albany, Western Australia, Australia

Year

1981

Statement of significance

This item has social and historical significance. It was made by a local Albany artist, using materials taken from whales harvested by the Cheynes Beach Whaling Company when it was operational. Objects such as these were carved by former employees and locals who acquired whalebone, ivory and baleen from the whaling station.

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Historic significance

Scientific or research significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Well provenanced

Public location

Scrimshaw gallery at AHWS

Last modified

Thursday, 20 August, 2026

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