From collection Mount Desert Island Historical Society - Objects Collection
Whaling Harpoon
Temple toggle iron. Handle wrapped with line and tar. Wooden toggle pin missing. Pin fits through spearhead. When lodged in whale the pin snapped, opening the blade so that it remained inside the skin.
Details
32" l head . 7.5" l
MDIHS: Sound School House, Row #4, Unit #1, Shelf #5, Bag
12/12/1997
01/02/2018
Whaling Harpoon; Whaling Harpoon; Temple toggle iron. Handle wrapped with line and tar. Wooden toggle pin missing. Pin fits through spearhead. When lodged in whale the pin snapped opening the blade so that it remained inside the skin.
06/30/2012
09/19/2024
