Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders

Name/Title

Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders

Entry/Object ID

LA2018.021.001

Description

This is the first complete book about the famed American nautical folk art of scrimshaw.More than just a picture book for collectors, the lively text neatly dovetails the development of the art of scrimshawwith the development of the whaling industry. 291, [14] p. illus. 27 cm. Bibliography: p. [294]-[295]

Collection

Library Circulating Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Scrimshaws.

Book Details

Author

Flayderman, E. Norman

Place Published

City

New Milford, CT

State/Province

Connecticut

Country

USA

Continent

North America

Ocean

East Coast of North America, Atlantic Ocean, World Ocean

Date Published

1972

Call No.

NK6022 .F55 1972