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7th February 2013, 12:29 PM
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I found the picture I took of aforementioned tooth in my office archives. Turns out it's even larger than I remembered - as you can see it clocks in at a whopping 25 cm! That's more than twice the size of the avarage. Note the tip wear.
The Zoological Museum of Copenhagen have other sperm whale teeth, which are also to be considered gigantic, but this one takes the prize! Given that the Museum has one of the world's very largest colelctions of cetacean material, there's reason to think that there aren't a lot of competitors around. As can be seen from the low collection no., the tooth was probably included in the earliy years of the history of the Museum, which goes back to the beginning of the 1600's. Hope you enjoy it, - Thor 
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8th July 2019, 12:02 PM
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Charles,
Did you ever get a translation of the scabbard inscription ? Best regards, Willem |
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8th July 2019, 07:56 PM
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