Description
This is a gum scraper used in the New Zealand whaling industry in about 1840. It is made from a semi-circular iron blade and has wooden handles, one of which is bound with string. It is 25 cm high and 17 cm wide.
Acknowledgements
| Copyright | Reproduced courtesy of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Gift of the Guard family, 1993 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Unidentified |
| Identifiers | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa number GH003391
TLF resource R1769 |
| Source | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, http://www.tepapa.govt.nz |
