2001.100.3318
Title

Cutting (boat) hook

DateCirca 1850
Mediumwrought iron
Dimensions8 in. (20.3 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.3318
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA hand-forged boat hook, 8" long, with threaded bottom to be screwed into a wooden pole.ProvenanceRecovered from the site of the Western Canada Whaling Company shore-whaling station at Coal Harbor, Quatsino Sound, British Columbia
On View
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