Multiple choice general knowledge

Sailors often scratched or carved designs on bone, tusk or wood to give as a love token, this hobby was called

  1. Tatting

  2. Whittling

  3. tuswooding

  4. Scrimshaw
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Explanation

Scrimshaw is the art of carving or engraving intricate designs on bone, ivory, or wood, traditionally practiced by sailors during long whaling voyages. Sailors would create these detailed pieces as love tokens for their sweethearts back home. Tatting is lace-making, and whittling is simple wood carving without the artistic complexity.

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