Mermaid Scrimshaw done by W.Ward Ryan over the past four years. The first one is a mermaid which took over 300 hours to complete. All scrimshaw pictured here are in private collections.
All scrimshaw is done on mammoth ivory with artists' oils.


MERMAIDS 
 
(Scrimshaw Connoisseurs, please, scroll down to see all pictures, they are detailed and worth seeing)


   ALL SCRIMSHAW IS DONE ON FOSSILIZED PREHISTORIC WOOLLY MAMMOTH IVORY WHICH IS A MINIMUM of 12,000 YEARS OLD. IT IS CONSIDRED LEGAL PRE-BAN IVORY, AND IS LEGALLY POSSESSED AND SOLD.