Scrimshaw at Mystic Seaport: Featuring Objects from the Kynett, Howland, Townshend and White Collections

Edouard A. Stackpole

Edité par The Marine Historical Association, Inc., Mystic, CT, 1958

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A VERY GOOD, clean, tight copy. ILLUSTRATED in black-and-white photography of scrimshaw art with accompanying descriptive captions. TABLE OF CONTENTS (20 Parts): I. The Development of a Folk Art at Sea. II. The Origin of Scrimshaw. III. The "Scrimshander" at Work. IV. The Raw Materials of Scrimshaw. V. The Tooth of the Sperm Whale. VI. Selecting a Design for Tooth and Bone. VII. The Jagging or Crimping Wheel. VIII. The Sperm Whale's Jaw Bone. IX. Baleen Whalebone. X. The Intimate "Busk" Also Popular. XI. The Yarn Winder or "Swift" XII. Work Boxes or Ditty Boxes. XIII. Canes of Bone, Wood or Vertebrae. XIV. Captains and Mates as Scrimshaw Experts. XV. Sallie Smith's Diary. XVI. Patriotic and Civil War Motifs. XVII. Walrus Tusk and Narwhal Horn. XVIII. Scrimshaw and The Sealer. XIX. The Whaleman Scrimshaws for Himself. XX. Scrimshaw as Recorded in Journal and Book. 53 pages. GF2.

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• Titre: Scrimshaw at Mystic Seaport: Featuring Objects from the Kynett, Howland, Townshend and White Collections
• Éditeur: The Marine Historical Association, Inc., Mystic, CT
• Date de parution: 1958
• Reliure: Soft Wraps
• Édition: First Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket as Issued