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

Edouard A. Stackpole

Published by The Marine Historical Association, Inc., Mystic, CT, 1958

About this Item

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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Scrimshaw at Mystic Seaport: Featuring Objects from the Kynett, Howland, Townshend and White Collections
• Publisher: The Marine Historical Association, Inc., Mystic, CT
• Publication Date: 1958
• Binding: Soft Wraps
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued