The Marine room of the Peabody museum of Salem (1921)
Robinson, John, 1846-1925 comp, Peabody Museum of Salem · Salem, Mass., Peabody museum · leaf 232
ited at the Worlds Fair.It was from the Chicago exhibition, through the gift of theField Museum, that the foundation of this whaling collectionwas made in 1907. While it is not intended to make thewhaling exhibit exhaustive as is so admirably done at the mus-eum of the Old Dartmouth Historical… … WHALING IMPLEMENTS, MOUNTED READY FOR USE From above: Blubber fork; grains (2), for handling blubber, etc.; cutting spades (3); lances,for killing whales at close quarters (2); single and two flued hand harpoons, old type; head needle.
Naval art and science · Ships
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