Tools and implements used in cutting-in whales.

Whaling Source Whalesite

Plate 209

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THE WHALE FISHERY.
Tools and implements used in cutting-in whales.

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Fig. 1. Blubber-mincing knife. Fig. 6. Throat-chain.

Fig. 2. Boarding-knife. Fig. 7. Fin-chain.

Fig. 3. Monkey-belt. Fig. 8. Head-strap.

Fig. 4. Wooden toggle. Fig. 9. Blubber-hooks.

Fig. 5. Chain strap.

Source.

George Brown Goode.
The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States.
Section V, History and Methods of the Fisheries ... Plates.
1887.
At head of title page: "United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Spencer F. Baird, Commissioner."
Also on title page: "Prepared through the cooperation of the Commissioner of Fisheries and the Superintendent of the Tenth Census by George Brown Goode, Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a staff of associates."
Also published as: Serial Set Vol. No. 2003, (47th Congress, 1st Session. Vol. No. 11, Misc.Doc. 124, pt. 7.)
288 p.
Maps Illustrations.

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