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In summer 2013 Vancouver Maritime Museum mounted "Tattoos & Scrimshaw: The Art of the Sailor." Featuring inked pinups on sailors' limbs and eoritc carvings the seafarers inscribed into whales teeth, the exhibition interesting ly connected seafarers who treated both their own skin...

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Published in:Journal of transport history 2014-06, Vol.35 (1), p.121-123
Main Author: Stanley, Jo
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:In summer 2013 Vancouver Maritime Museum mounted "Tattoos & Scrimshaw: The Art of the Sailor." Featuring inked pinups on sailors' limbs and eoritc carvings the seafarers inscribed into whales teeth, the exhibition interesting ly connected seafarers who treated both their own skin and others teeth as sites of indelibe art, as canvases. It is telling that such art is often about sex, loving and ships. (Author abstract)
ISSN:0022-5266
1759-3999
DOI:10.7227/TJTH.35.1.10