Author: LINSLEY, LESLIE
Title: Scrimshaw a Traditional Folk Art, a Contemporary Craft
Description: New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc, 1976. 4th Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "Scrimshaw is scrollwork, engravings, and carvings done in bone or ivory. Typically it refers to the artwork created by whalers, engraved on the byproducts of whales, such as bones or cartilage. It is most commonly made out of the bones and teeth of sperm whales, the baleen of other whales, and the tusks of walruses. It takes the form of elaborate engravings in the form of pictures and lettering on the surface of the bone or tooth, with the engraving highlighted using a pigment, or, less often, small sculptures made from the same material." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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