Whalebones
Whalebone is an elastic horny substance which grows in a series of thin parallel plates in the upper jaw of some whales and is used by them to strain plankton from the seawater. Strips of whalebone was formerly used as stays in corsets and dresses
Picture No
11041480
Media ID
46875997
Size
4256px x 2848px
(1.2MB)
Credit
(c)Maurice Collins Images Collection /Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph of an original object in the Maurice Collins Collection
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