Scrimshaw is scrollwork, engravings, and carvings done in bone or ivory. Barbeau and Erna Gunther proposed&colon; that Western themed argillite carving was inspired by whalers' scrimshaw. The whales' teeth were carved by sailors into scrimshaw art. Collins authored books on knifemaking, scrimshaw, knife throwing, and personal defense. Scrimshaw, handiwork made of whale teeth, is a traditional craft of the Azores. Scrimshaw essentially was a leisure activity for whalers. Around this time is the earliest authenticated pictorial piece of sperm whale scrimshaw (1817). More than 95% of all antique scrimshaw whale teeth known were done by anonymous artists. Most of the original scrimshaw created by whalers is currently held by museums. Greg Benson, Marian Call, The Doubleclicks, Molly Lewis, Hal Lublin, Joseph Scrimshaw, Anne Wheaton. One practitioner was Nevin S. Scrimshaw fighting protein deficiency in India and Guatemala. As well, Glen Scrimshaw Art Gallery provides a showing of local artist Glen Scrimshaw. The collection includes over 50,000 objects, including paintings, model ships, scrimshaw, and more. In the 1950s and 1960s, Nevin S. Scrimshaw took this knowledge to India and Guatemala. The team included Bernie Jones, Ron Beattie, Michael Zemski and Ian Scrimshaw.