On view at Cape Cod's Cahoon Museum of American Art, this largely forgotten folk art form -- turning discarded whale bones and teeth into novel canvases -- is filled with stories about a finite period in American history.
on Cape Cod has been diving into the history of scrimshaw. Don't know what that is? Well, you're not alone. This largely forgotten folk art form — created by whalemen at sea in the 1800s — is filled with stories about a finite period in American history.
“It was a life of long moments of boredom punctuated by moments of terror, and there were long periods of downtime in between the whale hunts," she said, because the sailors were at sea for months, even years."This is where the art form of scrimshaw was really developed.” “They weren't trained as artists, they didn't have any fancy materials, they had just the scraps of the whaling industry — you know, their knives and some lamp black,” Johnson said. “And out of that, they made these incredible objects.”Scrimshaw: The Whaler's Art
There are teeth featuring watery landscapes and ships being smashed by giant whale tails. Also, portraits of national heroes and loves left behind. The scrimshanders fashioned impressive, utilitarian gifts out of whalebone for their girlfriends and wives, including pie crimpers, sewing boxes and busks which were used to stiffen their corsets.
“As part of her escape, she disguised herself in the clothing of a sailor — a male sailor,” Johnson continued with Granby delivering the punch line: “And she joined up with a women's crew and became their captain on a pirate vessel.” These days Alwilda teeth can fetch tens of thousands of dollars at auction. Granby said the large, colorful one on loan for the Cahoon Museum's exhibition is one of the best he's ever seen.
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