Ancient sculpture "Okimono", Japan, Meiji period 1868-1912. The sculpture bears the mark of the workshop's author.The unique sculpture is made of bone, completely handmade. The sculpture is assembled from individual bone fragments with engraving elements using the scrimshaw technique.Scrimshaw is a type of bone carving that includes engraving and coloring of the design. Appeared as a direction in the XVIII century on fishing and whaling ships in the United States. Initially, whale bone, shark and sperm whale teeth, as well as walrus tusks served as the main material for creating scrimshows.