Susan's Teeth and much about Scrimshaw
Nantucket Island, Massachusetts: Tetaukimmo Press, 1955. Hardcover. Gray paper boards with red cloth spine, 76 pp., 51 BW plates. VG- (Paper boards show slight age; pages are clean; may have former owner name written on an early page.). Item #153775
Provides details and illustrations of examples of scrimshaw, the whalebone carvings traditionally done by 19th-century American sailors. "Susan's Teeth" refers to scrimshawed whale's teeth decorated by men of the Susan, a whaling ship based in Nantucket, which operated from 1826-1853. The text includes articles by additional authors: "Scrimshaw" by Frank Wood; "Scrimshaw: the Perfect Hobby" by Arthur C. Watson; and "All Hands Aboard Scrimshawing" by Marius Barbeau. Said to be one of 200 copies.
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