A Mariner's fancy : the whaleman's art of scrimshaw

Author(s)

• Hellman, Nina
• Brouwer, Norman J.
• South Street Seaport Museum (New York, N.Y.)

Bibliographic Information

A Mariner's fancy : the whaleman's art of scrimshaw

by Nina Hellman and Norman Brouwer ; foreword by Jack R. Aron ; introduction by Peter Neill

South Street Seaport Museum in association with Balsam Press, 1992

Note

Includes index

Summary: Discusses the art of scrimshaw and the role of New York in the history of American whaling. Presents pictures and descriptions of pieces from the South Street Seaport Museum in New York City

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Discusses the art of scrimshaw and the role of New York in the history of American whaling. Presents pictures and descriptions of pieces from the South Street Seaport Museum in New York City.

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Details

• NCID: BA23533311
• ISBN:
  • 0295972122
  • 0917439147
• LCCN: 92020865
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: 95 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : NK6022
  • DC20 : 736/.62
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Scrimshaws -- United States
  • LCSH : Bone carving -- United States
  • JVSH : Scrimshaws
  • JVSH : Bone carving
  • JVSH : South Street Seaport Museum (New York, N.Y.)
  • JVSH : Museums