scrimshaw

engravings and carvings done in bone or ivory, created by sailors
Thing artistic_technique Q2261659
scrimshaw
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scrimshaw

Summary

scrimshaw is an artistic technique[1]. scrimshaw ranks in the top 1% of artistic_technique entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,279 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • scrimshaw's image is recorded as Whale Tooth Scrimshaw State Library of New South Wales SAFE DR 40.jpg[3].
  • scrimshaw's instance of is recorded as artistic technique[4].
  • scrimshaw's instance of is recorded as form of art[5].
  • scrimshaw's made from material is recorded as ivory[6].
  • scrimshaw's made from material is recorded as whalebone[7].
  • scrimshaw's subclass of is recorded as engraving[8].
  • scrimshaw's subclass of is recorded as folk art[9].
  • scrimshaw's Commons category is recorded as Scrimshaw[10].
  • scrimshaw's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/049cm9[11].
  • scrimshaw's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300047287[12].
  • scrimshaw's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/scrimshaw[13].
  • scrimshaw's Quora topic ID is recorded as Scrimshaw[14].
  • scrimshaw's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as scrimshaw[15].
  • scrimshaw's Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is recorded as 12960[16].
  • scrimshaw's Grove Art Online ID is recorded as T077190[17].
  • scrimshaw's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 04162796-n[18].

Why It Matters

scrimshaw ranks in the top 1% of artistic_technique entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,279 views/month).[2] scrimshaw has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . GF WordNet. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_scrimshaw_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{scrimshaw}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/scrimshaw}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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