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Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition, 1934-1935
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Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition, 1934-1935

A Narwhal tusk

Closed27 September 2007

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Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition, 1934-1935
A Narwhal tusk
ivory
approx. 78in. (198.2cm.) long

Lord Shackleton, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

For Shackleton's descriptions of the narwhals encountered on the expedition see E. Shackleton, Arctic Journeys: The Story of the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition, 1934-5, London, 1936, pp.286-89 and 300.