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VANDOO · 11th May 2009, 04:26 PM

BUT OF COURSE I HAVE ONE ITS A MUST FOR ANY SERIOUS CLUB COLLECTOR

THE PENILE BONE IS NOT ALL THAT UNCOMMON IN MAMMALS AND STILL EXHISTS IN SOME PRIMATES. ALAS MAN HAS LOST HIS THERE IS EVEN CONJECTURE THAT BONE WAS THE RIB THAT WAS TAKEN TO MAKE WOMAN

THE LARGE FOSSIL BACULUM BONE PICTURED ABOVE IS FROM AN EXTINCT WHALE AND IS THE LARGEST KNOWN OVER 5 FEET LONG AND MOST EXPENSIVE KNOWN

THE WALRUS OOSIK GETS UP TO 60 CM OR 2 FEET LONG THE SMALLER END IS THE BUSINESS END. THEY ARE USED FOR CLUBS AS WELL AS FOR OTHER TOOLS BY THE VARIOUS TRIBES WHO HUNT WALRUS. BACULUM IS ANOTHER WORD USED FOR THIS BONE BUT NOT BY THE ONES IN ALASKA OR SIBERIA. A FRIEND OF MINE HAD A HATBAND MADE OF CLAWS FROM A BEAR HE HAD KILLED AND HE HAD THE BACULUM STICKING UP LIKE A FEATHER FROM IT, HIS NICKNAME WAS BACULUM BILL.

COON HUNTERS OFTEN HAVE THE BACULUM FROM THE RACOON AS A CHARM SOME EVEN MAKE A TOOTH PICK OUT OF THEM.
MY OOSIK IS FROM SIBERIA AND IS FROM A MODERN ANIMAL NOT A FOSSIL OOSIK. THERE IS AN IVORY WALRUS HEAD ATTACHED TO THE STRIKING END AND THE WALRUS BODY HAS BEEN CRUDELY CARVED INTO THE OOSIK SHAFT. IT IS 21 INCHES LONG. MOST OF THE OOSIK YOU SEE USED IN KNIFE HANDLES AND SUCH IS FROM FOSSIL OOSIKS THAT HAVE BEEN DUG UP FOR THE PURPOSE AND ARE UNREGULATED. THE NON FOSSIL ONES ARE REGULATED TO THE MAX SO WHEN SOME TURNED UP SEVERAL YEARS BACK DURING CONSTRUCTION WORK THE TRADE IN FOSSIL ONES BEGAN. SO IT WAS OFF TO ALASKA FOR THE OOSIK RUSH OF THE 1970'S AND OOSIK MINING IS STILL BIG BUSINESS AS WELL AS FOSSIL MAMMOTH IVORY, TUSKS AND TEETH.
THE CURVED BACLUM IS RACOON AND CAN GET UP TO 5.5 IN.LONG.
WHILE WE ARE ON THE TOPIC GOLF BAGS MADE OF WHALE PENIS SKINS WERE A POPULAR ITEM IN JAPAN DURING THE LATTER DAYS OF WHALEING. THIS PART OF SEA MAMMALS WERE SOMETIMES USED FOR MAKEING FERTILITY MEDICINES IN CHINA AND THE ORIENT.

11th May 2009, 04:26 PM	#6
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	BUT OF COURSE I HAVE ONE ITS A MUST FOR ANY SERIOUS CLUB COLLECTOR THE PENILE BONE IS NOT ALL THAT UNCOMMON IN MAMMALS AND STILL EXHISTS IN SOME PRIMATES. ALAS MAN HAS LOST HIS THERE IS EVEN CONJECTURE THAT BONE WAS THE RIB THAT WAS TAKEN TO MAKE WOMAN THE LARGE FOSSIL BACULUM BONE PICTURED ABOVE IS FROM AN EXTINCT WHALE AND IS THE LARGEST KNOWN OVER 5 FEET LONG AND MOST EXPENSIVE KNOWN THE WALRUS OOSIK GETS UP TO 60 CM OR 2 FEET LONG THE SMALLER END IS THE BUSINESS END. THEY ARE USED FOR CLUBS AS WELL AS FOR OTHER TOOLS BY THE VARIOUS TRIBES WHO HUNT WALRUS. BACULUM IS ANOTHER WORD USED FOR THIS BONE BUT NOT BY THE ONES IN ALASKA OR SIBERIA. A FRIEND OF MINE HAD A HATBAND MADE OF CLAWS FROM A BEAR HE HAD KILLED AND HE HAD THE BACULUM STICKING UP LIKE A FEATHER FROM IT, HIS NICKNAME WAS BACULUM BILL. COON HUNTERS OFTEN HAVE THE BACULUM FROM THE RACOON AS A CHARM SOME EVEN MAKE A TOOTH PICK OUT OF THEM. MY OOSIK IS FROM SIBERIA AND IS FROM A MODERN ANIMAL NOT A FOSSIL OOSIK. THERE IS AN IVORY WALRUS HEAD ATTACHED TO THE STRIKING END AND THE WALRUS BODY HAS BEEN CRUDELY CARVED INTO THE OOSIK SHAFT. IT IS 21 INCHES LONG. MOST OF THE OOSIK YOU SEE USED IN KNIFE HANDLES AND SUCH IS FROM FOSSIL OOSIKS THAT HAVE BEEN DUG UP FOR THE PURPOSE AND ARE UNREGULATED. THE NON FOSSIL ONES ARE REGULATED TO THE MAX SO WHEN SOME TURNED UP SEVERAL YEARS BACK DURING CONSTRUCTION WORK THE TRADE IN FOSSIL ONES BEGAN. SO IT WAS OFF TO ALASKA FOR THE OOSIK RUSH OF THE 1970'S AND OOSIK MINING IS STILL BIG BUSINESS AS WELL AS FOSSIL MAMMOTH IVORY, TUSKS AND TEETH. THE CURVED BACLUM IS RACOON AND CAN GET UP TO 5.5 IN.LONG. WHILE WE ARE ON THE TOPIC GOLF BAGS MADE OF WHALE PENIS SKINS WERE A POPULAR ITEM IN JAPAN DURING THE LATTER DAYS OF WHALEING. THIS PART OF SEA MAMMALS WERE SOMETIMES USED FOR MAKEING FERTILITY MEDICINES IN CHINA AND THE ORIENT. Attached Images Last edited by VANDOO; 11th May 2009 at 05:22 PM.