Title
Gaff Hook
Dimensions40 1/2 in. (102.9 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.4051.2
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionWooden shaft with drilled hole at end. Wrought iron hook riveted to other end. ProvenanceFrom the bark Rousseau (built at Philadelphia 1801; whlaing out of New Bedford as a ship 1832-1862, as a bark 1863-1886, and subsequently languished at a New Bedford wharf alongside the Desdemona. Broken up in 1893). See Ashley, "Whale Gear" plates; Goode, Pl. 191; Scammon, Pl. XXIV; and compare Starbuck, Pl. III.On View
Not on view
Circa 1880
Circa 1840
Circa 1890
Circa 1880
Driggs, James D.
Circa 1850
