Title
Sawtooth Rasp
Date19th Century
Mediumwhale skeletal bone, steel
Dimensions1 1/8 × 3/4 in. (2.9 × 1.9 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.781
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionCylindrical steel blade fashioned from a coarse file: foreshaft and shank are a sawtooth file threaded for >40% of the length from the tip; tapered handle of whale skeletal bone ending in an arched octagon.ProvenanceNestor Sylvia, August 1958, Kendall Whaling Museum; New Bedford Whaling MuseumOn View
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