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16962 - Log, Ship's
1820-1822 ship's log documents a whaling voyage of the Ship Falcon from Nantucket to the Pacific Ocean via the port of Edgartown under Captain Shubael Brown, and from Coquimbo, Chile, back to the United States under Captain Benjamin C. Chase. A small booklet inserted into the log holds diary entries, including a note that Captain Brown died on board, 13 October 1821. The ship is noted as leaving from Beverly on Wednesday 6 September 1820. The voy...
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28722 - Whaling Knife
A two-edged knife with a curved blade used on whaling vessels.
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28901 - Scraper
A tool used for scraping barnacles and other sea debris from the hull of a ship. This is a long stick with a metal triangular top.
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28904 - Block and Tackle
A mechanism consisting of ropes and one or more pulley-blocks, used for lifting and pulling heavy objects.
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28905 - Block and Tackle
A mechanism consisting of ropes and one or more pulley-blocks, used for lifting and pulling heavy objects.
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31326 - Harpoon
A barbed spear-like missile attached to a long rope and thrown by hand or fired from a gun, used for catching whales and other large sea creatures.
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31327 - Gaff, Sealing
A stick with a hook, or barbed spear, used for catching large fish. The Gaff is the object in the middle with the single hook at the end.
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31328 - Cleaner
An instrument used in whaling for removing scales. The Cleaner is the object on the bottom placed horizontally.
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31329 - Harpoon, Toggling
Harpoon made of iron with two hooks at the end of it. This is a harpoon with a pivoted crosspiece in a mortise near the point to prevent it from being drawn out when a whale or other large sea creature is harpooned.
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588.591.1 - Hook, Fishing
Large iron fishing hook with four 3" prongs at the end of it.
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988.508.24 - Painting
A watercolor painting of the whaleship Diana at the Exeter Sound.
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FIC013.822 - Hooks, Needles and Wooden Holder
Cylindrical wooden holder containing various needles and hooks, carried aboard a Beverly fishing schooner. Contains 2 needles and 8 hooks. [On exhibit 2016 Emerging from Salem's Shadow"]
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FIC013.823 - Sign
Seamen's Friend Society sign is a wooden sign for the Beverly Seamen's Friend Society. This would be placed in windows to signify a meeting was taking place.
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FIC013.824 - Fishing Line Winder
Probably 19th Century, a wooden spool type object wrapped in and lined with thin rope.
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