Walruses, Whales and Narwhals

• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English; French
• Published: Calenda 2016
• Subjects: Baleine; la Baleine; Morse; narwhal*; morse; walrus*
• Online Access: http://calenda.org/374244

In the history of carved ivories, maritime mammals have often been eclipsed by the elephant, considered as a nobler ivory to which walrus or whale ivory would only be a poor man's substitute. But this historiographical view is not without its shortcomings, as not only did walrus hunting play a...