#whalebone

[facts-i-just-made-up]

Corsets used to contain whalebone, which is an antiquated term for baleen. This allowed most women in Victorian times to filter feed on krill in the open sea.

[ltwilliammowett]

Scrimshawed whalebone cane with "lovers/ friendship" hands, c. 1870

[segmentedleg]

File:Whalebone arch in Utqiagvik Alaska.png

[thesilicontribesman]

Viking 9th Century Lilleberge Whalebone Plaque, Norway, The British Museum, London

[sek-rap]

i wanted to draw some creepy crawlies that lurk in the background of Whalebone. was painting practice tbh. fun but time consuming!

Image ID: This is a digital drawing depicting a range of sea creatures. There is an 1800's diving suit slumped over that glows with an ominous green light, a strange striped catfish sort of creature, a large white crab with glowing green spots, and a stingray appearing to be entirely cartilage on the left side. On the right side, there is a green and purple lobster with one much larger claw, a brown fish whose head has morphed into nothing but an open maw, and a purple octopus with swirling patterns and white spikes. In the center, a large orange and red kraken/colossal squid wrestles with what looks like a past iteration of a leopard seal or some sort of large water mammal with a glowing yellow eye. End ID.

[letmeinimafairy]

A new experiment - whalebone arch. These things lived in my mind for quite some time

[clovenhooved]

✦✦ a more detailed drawing of marlowe's 'hagstone' scrimshaw

[antiquesfreaks]

How to Tell Real Whale Teeth from Fake Whale Teeth

Step 1:

Learn where whales live.