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Scrimshaw: The Whaler´s Legacy
Martha Lawrence
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Description for Scrimshaw: The Whaler´s Legacy
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 408 color photos. BIC Classification: AFKC; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1472.
Over 400 color photos of American scrimshaw (whale tooth carving) folk art pieces and a fascinating text relate the hard daily life of the 19th-century sailor (scrimshander) aboard whaling ships.
Intricate, painstaking, sturdy yet incredibly delicate... scrimshaw has been a beautiful tradition on the sea and at the sea-side for centuries. Far from the comforts (and distractions) of land, whalers from America, England, Australia, and Portugal could spend the long hours of attention necessary to perfect the scrimshander's art. They forgot their loneliness and discomfort as the crafted pieces like those shown in ... Read more
Over 400 color photos of American scrimshaw (whale tooth carving) folk art pieces and a fascinating text relate the hard daily life of the 19th-century sailor (scrimshander) aboard whaling ships.
Intricate, painstaking, sturdy yet incredibly delicate... scrimshaw has been a beautiful tradition on the sea and at the sea-side for centuries. Far from the comforts (and distractions) of land, whalers from America, England, Australia, and Portugal could spend the long hours of attention necessary to perfect the scrimshander's art. They forgot their loneliness and discomfort as the crafted pieces like those shown in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780887404559
SKU
V9780887404559
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-2
About Martha Lawrence
Martha Lawrence is also the author of Nantucket Lightship Baskets and is a professional maker of Nantucket baskets in Dover, Massachusetts.
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