whale bones
Leviathan's skeletal remains
Whale bones are the baleen plates that hang from the upper jaw of certain whales, used to filter small prey from seawater.
Despite the name, baleen isn't bone but keratin—the same material as fingernails.
Historically prized for corset stays, umbrella ribs, and other items requiring flexible strength: Her grandmother's wedding dress had whale bones in the bodice.
- baleenWhale's filtering bristles
- scrimshawEngraved whale ivory art
- corsetBoned waist-shaping undergarment
- harpoonBarbed spear for whales
- Moby DickFictional white sperm whale
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- polar museumice cores, Arctic wildlife, indigenous art, native crafts, sleds
- Arctic PrehistoryThule culture, microblades, harpoons, stone tools, seal hunting
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- Namib Coastdunes, coastal fog, shipwrecks, seal colonies, Atlantic coast
- Fossil Cetaceans
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Elephant or walrus teeth
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Capable of being molded
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