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Harpoon

Object Name:
Harpoon
Object ID:
2013.500.083
Date:
1800-1850
Description:
Harpoon. Wrought iron. Double-barb toggle head with pivot pin. Head stamped "BB". Conical socket at base of shaft.
Material:
Iron
Dimensions:
W-1.9 L-33.3 D-1.4 inches
Provenance:
Source unknown. Placed on long-term loan at the Franklin Pierce Homestead in Hillsborough, NH, in the 1950s. Returned 09/11/2013.
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
Subjects:
Whaling, Harpoons
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