Call for papers: Walruses, Whales and Narwhals Maritime Ivories in Western Europe, 900-1500 (Kalamazoo 2017)
Viking whalebone plaque from Lilleberge in Norway, 9th Century AD (British Museum) 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 historiogra...
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Medieval Animal Data-Network
2016
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| Summary: | Viking whalebone plaque from Lilleberge in Norway, 9th Century AD (British Museum) 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 significant role in the first European explorations toward the west, but the trade for those ivories went as far as the. |
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