Scrimshaw

Description
A pair of unmounted scrimshaw bullock horns with ochre coloured fabric between them. The scrimshaw designs are black with some red highlights. The designs on the left horn from the tip inwards are a female head and torso, another female head and torso and a wigged male (possibly a judge).
The designs on the right horn from the tip inwards include a female head and shoulders, another female head and shoulders and a male head and shoulders in a jacket and tie.
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A57.779
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