Artist/Maker
Macy, Josiah (Jr.)
Place MadeNew Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
Title
Head spade
Mediumsteel
Dimensions3 5/8 × 40 3/4 in. (9.2 × 103.5 cm)
Object number00.206.160
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionHeavy spade, known as a head spade, that would be used for decapitating the whale and to cut through bone. Retains black protective paint has unusually large socket (closed seam). Blade is cut into a chisel-like shape.On View
Not on view
Macy, Josiah (Jr.)
J. Macy Jr. and Co.
Macy, Josiah (Jr.)
Dean, Henry N.
Macy, Josiah (Jr.)
Cole, Edward R.
J. Macy Jr. and Co.
