Double Flue Iron

Date19th Century

Mediumiron

Dimensions2 3/4 × 9 in. (7 × 22.9 cm)

Donor credit lineGift of Stuart M. Frank and Mary Malloy

Object number2003.86.4

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionDouble-flue whaling iron, probably British, 19th Century. Archaeological specimen, consisting of the blade and a portion of the foreshaft only, recovered in the Lyttelton Harbour area, South Island, New Zealand.

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