Small Turquoise Deck Prism New By alterning how the hand

By alterning how the hand and tongue are held different pitches can be produced

'belly timber' (food) and 'bog orange' (potato) are also included

Page count: 176 pages

This beautiful book is illustrated with extraordinary photographs from the Rosenfeld Collection at Mystic Seaport

Small Turquoise Deck Prism New By alterning how the handDays before electricity, light below a vessels deck was provided by candles, oil and kerosene lamps, all were dangerous aboard a wooden ship. The prisms were laid flat in the deck and drew light below. Genuine replica Deck Prisms from the Charles W. Morgan sailing vessel which is berthed at Mystic Seaport. During a major restoration, 1977 1984, it was discovered that several of the original deck prisms on the ship had been cracked and damaged. Molds