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Originally Posted by Rick
That is a very small tooth for the Spermacetti Whale .
Possibly from an immature one; also possibly a smaller toothed whale . 
Yes, carving work like this often was accented with lime . |
Well, it looks about the size of mine which is definitely IDed as Sperm whale. There is a great variety of tooth sizes in a whale mouth and of course, as you point out, younger and older whales.