Title

Toggle Iron

Mediummetal

Dimensions7 3/4 × 25 in. (19.7 × 63.5 cm)

Object number1959.8.78

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionImproved toggle iron, twisted out of shape by whale. Shank has two tight loops twisted into it. Standard socket (closed seam?)

ProvenanceSee Lytle, Thomas G. HARPOONS AND OTHER WHALECRAFT. New Bedford: The Old Dartmouth Historical Society / Whaling Museum, 1984. p. 207, # 95

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