Description
This is a harpoon used in the New Zealand whaling industry between 1830 and 1840. It is 229.5 cm long and 7.5 cm wide at its widest part, is made from iron and wood and has a rope attached. It was designed to be thrown from a whaleboat.
Acknowledgements
| Copyright | Reproduced courtesy of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Gift of the Guard family, 1993 |
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| Creator | Unidentified |
| Identifiers | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa number GH005087
TLF resource R1772 |
| Source | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, http://www.tepapa.govt.nz |
