INGENIOUS CONTRIVANCES, CURIOUSLY CARVED: SCRIMSHAW IN THE NEW BEDFORD WHALING MUSEUM
Book ID/图书代码： 03650115B79884
English Summary/英文概要： By the middle of the nineteenth century, the New England port of New Bedford was among the five richest cities in America. Its wealth was derived from a single source--whale oil, the fossil fuel of the early Industrial Revolution, providing light and lubrication to the burgeoning economy of young America. The New Bedford whaling fleet was the most numerous, adventurous, and far-ranging in the world, setting off on voyages that often lasted for three or four years and extended as far as the Antarctic and Siberia.
When the whalemen were not engaged in hunting whales or routine maintenance, some of their time was spent carving materials harvested from the whales themselves: the teeth and bones of sperm whales, baleen from right and bowhead whales, and walrus tusks acquired by barter from Native people in the Arctic. The resulting practical and decorative objects, often intricately carved and carefully crafted, would provide mementos and treasured souvenirs for loved ones back home, at voyage end. The range of the work is extraordinary--not simply the decorated sperm whale teeth that the word "scrimshaw" ordinarily brings to mind, but also crimpers and canes, umbrellas and swifts. Anything that could be made of ivory and bone was considered fair game.
The collection at the New Bedford Whaling Museum is the largest, most varied, and most representative in the world. And in this book, with the subject s leading expert, curator Stuart M. Frank as your guide, you will be introduced to every possible permutation of these whalemen’s fancies. The 700 detailed and dramatic photographs are stunning, the captions revealing, and the stories behind the objects themselves compelling. If the arts of the sea and the sailor hold any interest, this comprehensive survey from the best collection in existence will keep you enthralled and is surely destined to be considered the last word on the subject for decades to come.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 到了十九世纪中叶，新BEDFORD的新英格兰港口是美国最富裕的五个城市之一。其财富来源于单一来源 - 鲸油，早期工业革命的化石燃料，为早期美国的的新兴经济体提供光和润滑。新BEDFORD捕鲸舰队是数量最多的。最具冒险精神和世界中最为深远影响的，海上航行往往持续三四年并扩展至南极和西伯利亚。
当捕鲸人不参与狩猎或者日常维护时，他们的一些时间是花在雕刻捕获的鲸鱼上：抹香鲸的牙齿和骨骼，从右露骨鲸的鲸须，以及从北极原住民那里易货得来的海象长牙。由此产生的实用性和装饰性物品，往往经由错综复杂的雕刻和精心打造，将在航行结束之际为家里的亲人带回纪念物和珍贵纪念品。这项工作所涵盖的范围是了不起的——贝雕这个词不仅仅通常让人想到是装饰过了的抹香鲸牙齿，也压接器和手杖，伞和雨燕。任何由象牙和骨骼制成的作品都可以被叫做贝雕。
新BEDFORD捕鲸博物馆的馆藏是世界上最为巨大的、品种最多，最有代表性的。而在这本书中，这个领域的领先专家，策展人Stuart M. Frank将作为你的向导，将被引入到这些捕鲸人所有可能的狂热幻想中。700张详细与戏剧性的照片是壮丽的，揭示了那些场景和故事背后引人注目的那些物体。如果你对大海和水手的艺术感兴趣，这份现存的最棒的详细调查收藏中将使你入迷，是注定被看作未来几十年间关于该主题的最后一言。（LNL）
Awards/获奖情况：一本极好的主题之书。————Boston环球
A superb book on the subject. --Boston Globe
About the Author/作者介绍： Stuart M. Frank博士是新BEDFORD捕鲸博物馆的资深策展人，Kendall捕鲸博物馆的名誉执行董事以及贝雕法医实验室主任和创始人。纽约市的当地人，他曾就读于卫斯理大学，耶鲁大学和布朗大学，并且是《海洋歌曲》《贝雕与捕鲸艺术》的作者。与他的妻子Mary Malloy博士一起在四个大洲的巡回演唱会上表演展示传统水手歌谣，挖掘自新BEDFORD捕鲸博物馆馆藏的船上手稿。
Dr. Stuart M. Frank is Senior Curator at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, Executive Director Emeritus of the Kendall Whaling Museum, and Founder/Director of the Scrimshaw Forensics Laboratory. A native of New York City, he was educated at Wesleyan, Yale, and Brown, and is the author of books on maritime songs as well as on scrimshaw and the art of whaling. With his wife, Dr. Mary Malloy, he has performed concert tours on four continents, presenting traditional sailors’ songs and ballads excavated from shipboard manuscripts in the New Bedford Whaling Museum collection.
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