"Overboard Hook"
Vessel John R. Manta (Schooner)
Artist/Maker Tripp, William H.
Title

"Overboard Hook"

MediumSilver Gelatin Print
Dimensions8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2000.101.2.46
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionTripp wrote: "Inserting "blubber hook" in semi-circular end of the the first strip of blubber. First and Second officers on "cutting-stage," or platform, rigged over the dead whale. Leaning against the hand rail they cut the blubber with long-handled sharp spades."
On View
Not on view
"Mincing"
"Mincing"
John R. Manta (Schooner)
"Mincing"
"Mincing"
John R. Manta (Schooner)
Unrolling the Valuable Blanket
Unrolling the Valuable Blanket
John R. Manta (Schooner)
Cutting Blankets into "Horse pieces"
Cutting Blankets into "Horse pieces"
John R. Manta (Schooner)
2000.101.2.52
Cutting-In
John R. Manta (Schooner)
First "Blanket Piece" Rising
First "Blanket Piece" Rising
John R. Manta (Schooner)
Feeding the Try-pots with "Books" of Blubber
Feeding the Try-pots with "Books" of Blubber
John R. Manta (Schooner)
2001.100.11165_Box List.pdf
KWM Loose Manuscript Collection
1725-1960
Whale's Carcass Adrift
Whale's Carcass Adrift
John R. Manta (Schooner)
Fresh Meat
Fresh Meat
John R. Manta (Schooner)
Cutting-In
Cutting-In
Rapoza, Francisco
"The Cutting-Falls"
"The Cutting-Falls"
John R. Manta (Schooner)

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