Description: Harpoon head, iron

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1969.173Description: Harpoon head, iron

Description: model of a Samoan whaling boat. "made by a Samoan boy"-eth card/reg.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Date: 1878Description: model of a Samoan whaling boat. "made by a Samoan boy"-eth card/reg.

Description: walking stick : made by a Maori crew man on a whaler and given to donor at Bay of Islands

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1963.105Description: walking stick : made by a Maori crew man on a whaler and given to donor at Bay of Islands

Description: Heart-lance attached to wooden throwing pole, rope slicing intact

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1938.77Accession Date: 07 Apr 1938Description: Heart-lance attached to wooden throwing pole, rope slicing intact

Description: Kauri gum cabinet, is a glass cabinet with a wooden frame, ground layer is fixed - all objects are carved from kauri gum - the ground layer depicts a whaling scene, and shells etc from the sea floor. Middle and top layer are loose objects, shells, bottles, books etc all identified separately and measured. Approximately 230 objects, ground layer is difficult to count exactly

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1996.157.1Accession Date: 1996Description: Kauri gum cabinet, is a glass cabinet with a wooden frame, ground layer is fixed - all objects are carved from kauri gum - the ground layer depicts a whaling scene, and shells…

Description: Long slim shaft whaling lance with clovis-point shaped head.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1932.142Accession Date: 01 Jun 1993Description: Long slim shaft whaling lance with clovis-point shaped head.

Description: whaling relic

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1948.285Accession Date: 1948Description: whaling relic

Description: whaling lance head

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1938.77Accession Date: 07 Apr 1938Description: whaling lance head

Description: Stay busk of whalebone with scrimshaw. purchased in Edinburgh.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1938.16Accession Date: 1938Description: Stay busk of whalebone with scrimshaw. purchased in Edinburgh.

Description: whaling lance head

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1938.77Accession Date: 07 Apr 1938Description: whaling lance head

Description: harpoon, wood shaft, bone point

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1955.152.127Description: harpoon, wood shaft, bone point

Description: walking stick made on a whaling vessel: bone; whale tooth handle at right angle; stick is inlaid with rings of turtle shell, wood and whale ivory

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1952.132.1Accession Date: 21 Oct 1952Description: walking stick made on a whaling vessel: bone; whale tooth handle at right angle; stick is inlaid with rings of turtle shell, wood and whale ivory

Description: iron head of fixed harpoon

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1952.37.19Accession Date: 01 Apr 1952Description: iron head of fixed harpoon

Description: wooden box containing assorted whaling equipment?

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYDescription: wooden box containing assorted whaling equipment?

Description: harpoon head, whaling; pitted with rust

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1968.12Description: harpoon head, whaling; pitted with rust

Description: Harpoon

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1955.152.125Accession Date: 1955Description: Harpoon

Description: Blubber spear. Made from solid steel. A five-pronged spear top with arrow head shaped tops on a metal handle holder that has a hollow interior to place a pole, and a hole in the sides of the holder to attach the pole. Painted black.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1944.114Accession Date: 1944Description: Blubber spear. Made from solid steel. A five-pronged spear top with arrow head shaped tops on a metal handle holder that has a hollow interior to place a pole, and a hole in…

Description: Harpoon point. From the North Cape. Made from solid steel. Arrowshaped, a triangular point with a shaft behind the point. The metal is very rusted.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1931.173Accession Date: 1931Description: Harpoon point. From the North Cape. Made from solid steel. Arrowshaped, a triangular point with a shaft behind the point. The metal is very rusted.

Description: metal hand-thrown harpoon

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYDescription: metal hand-thrown harpoon

Description: punch ladle, as used on a New Zealand whaler in the 1850s

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1965.78.232Accession Date: 29 Oct 1965Description: punch ladle, as used on a New Zealand whaler in the 1850s