Toggle Iron

Mediummetal

Dimensions34 3/4 in. (88.3 cm)

Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer

Object number2001.100.2928

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionA standard "improved toggle" harpoon with an open seam socket. The upper edge of the toggle head is smoothed to a knife-like condition.ProvenanceMade by Josiah Macy Jr. or E. B. & F. Macy, New Bedford. By 1850 Lewis Temple's competitors developed a derivative toggle iron which, while it had no practical advantage over Temple's original when it came to harpooning, was easier and cheaper to manufacture.

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