Monodon Monocerus (Narwhal Tusk/Unicorn Horn)
Arctic regionThe narwhal is a whale. The left tooth in the male's upper jaw grows out as a tusk with a spiral up to 10 ft. long. This one is 7 ft. 6 in. In the Middle Ages, the tusks, which washed up on beaches from time to time, were believed to belong to the mythic unicorn (...
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Grise Fiord Inuit Cooperative, Northwest Territory, Canada, August 1971; Richard Randall, Baltimore, by purchase; Lilian Randall, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 2012, by gift.
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