国立アメリカ歴史博物館のインスタグラム(amhistorymuseum) - 2月12日 22時22分

Whaling was big business for much of U.S. history, and this panbone scrimshaw dates back to the industry's peak in the mid-1800s. The whaleman's complicated freehand drawing—perhaps a love token for a lady back on land—includes two distinct nautical scenes, one of which showcased a small fleet of four whaleboats in various stages of harpooning a pod of five whales.
Scrimshaw began in the late 18th or early 19th century as the art of carving whale bone and ivory aboard whale ships. The crew on whalers had plenty of leisure time between sighting and chasing whales, and the hard parts of whales were readily available on voyages that could last up to four years. The sailor’s hand-carved scrimshaw was then given to loved ones back on shore as souvenirs of the hard and lonely life aboard long and dangerous voyages.
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