Boat in Helgeland, latitude 66

Category

Library Item

Item no

24793

Title

Boat in Helgeland, latitude 66

Artist / maker

Ballantyne, R M

Date

1864

Size

7.0 x 10.5 cm

Type

Watercolour

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Building a Viking ship or a boat of Norse design involves a traditional craftsmanship which is a refined art, delivered from master to apprentice, usually from father to son for generations. The skills vere passed on as tacit knowledge, mostly orally and by doing, usually without any detailed drawings or accurate diagrams. In additon, very often the crafter was himself an experienced seafarer, having participated in seasonal fisheries in the fjords and offshore from his early teens, giving him a first hand experience of what distinguished a good boat from a dangerous one.

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