Almost all of the pieces in the collection are carved from walrus ivory, with a few made instead from whale teeth.

The first backscratchers were used by the Inuit and were carved from whale teeth.

A watch circles my wrist, and around my neck is a slab of whale tooth on a string.

I look down at the slab of whale tooth that hangs from a string around my neck.

Other sea animal ivories were also used as alternatives for rarer whale teeth.

Other good representations have been carved by whalemen on whale teeth and bones.

After all, this is a man who habitually wears a pirate hat and a whale tooth around his neck.

These images were then coated with ink so that the drawing would appear more noticeable on the whale tooth.

So saying, he showed the whale tooth he had received from Erirola.

The Buli stole a look at the whale tooth.