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Excavations also uncovered an iron sickle, stone tool, bronze pendant, a pair of beads possibly made of amber and a whalebone tool, the museum said.
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025
The goal was to snag as many whales as possible, in pursuit of their highly valuable whale oil (extracted from blubber), sperm oil, and whalebone.
—Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 8 July 2024
When Szabo and collaborators applied DNA and spectroscopy techniques to whalebones in Iceland, the outcome was no different.
—Andrew Chapman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
Baleen–or whalebone–is a hard substance made up of keratin.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2024
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025
The goal was to snag as many whales as possible, in pursuit of their highly valuable whale oil (extracted from blubber), sperm oil, and whalebone.
—Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 8 July 2024
When Szabo and collaborators applied DNA and spectroscopy techniques to whalebones in Iceland, the outcome was no different.
—Andrew Chapman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
Baleen–or whalebone–is a hard substance made up of keratin.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2024
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“Whalebone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whalebone. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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