Gallery - Lajoie family (Peter, Susan, & daughter Bridget)
Wharf scene on a large 7.2-inch & 21-ounce tooth signed by Raymond Martin, but attributed to Lajoie.
The whaling bark Charles W. Morgan & Sailor's Sweetheart on one side;
Nantucket Island outline & Nantucket Sleigh Ride on the other.
A 5-foot long panbone scribed with a New Bedford waterfront scene.
The USS Constitution and Liberty on a 7-inch tooth.
Cribbage Board made of a whale rib bone, scribed  with a panoramic whaling scene.
8-inch & 27-ounce tooth with theme variation of cribbage board scene above.
The Sankety Lighthouse on Nantucket Island, and a New England lady of fashion, on a 6.12-inch & 11.6-ounce tooth.
7-inch tooth depicting wharfside activity of delivering new canvas, chains, and other sundries to a departing whale ship.
Like the scrimwork above and at top of page, the Lajoies are known for their scenes extending from dead top of the tooth, all the way to absolute bottom of the tooth.  The tooth must be rotated to see the entire scene. 
All of their scenes tell a little story, which can be discerned with a just little image study.
The 5-inch tooth above depicts a cooper delivering assembled barrels and casks to a whaling ship.  The barrels are knocked down , and the individual hoops & staves packed into larger casks for storage deep in the ships hold, until needed. A cooper's apprentice often sailed with the ship to proberly assemble and maintain the barrels.
The 5.75-inch tooth to the right is entitled "Greenhand's Departure", and depicts a 12 or 13-year old boy excitedly waving to his family just before departing on his first cruise.  Note the barrels of fresh water, sacks of potatoes & flour, crates of greens & hardtack, and other perishables being delivered & stowed in the last hour, just before high tide.
Scrimshaw scene entitled "The Flurry" by Susan Lajoie on a 7.5-inch, 24-ounce whale tooth.
Rumor has it that Peter slowly lost a good part of his central vision, but was able to successfully train his wife in the art of scrimwork.  Susan's talent is evident from her recent scrimwork, as is the talent of their daughter Bridget, who signs her scrimwork B LAJOIE (Greenhand's Departure).
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