Toggle Iron
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Toggle Iron

Mediummetal
Dimensions44 3/8 in. (112.7 cm)
Object number1959.8.108
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionCrescent shaped toggle iron, quite large, and, according to Lytle, used to raise sunken whales. Also known as a humpback iron.ProvenanceSee Lytle, Thomas G. HARPOONS AND OTHER WHALECRAFT. New Bedford: The Old Dartmouth Historical Society / Whaling Museum, 1984. p. 211, #116.
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