[79] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



IMPLEMENTS USED ASHORE. 



For Scraping and Cleaning Slabs of Baleen, and by Coopers, 

 BOTH Ashore and at Sea, for Smoothing the Interior Sur- 

 faces OF Wooden Utensils. 



bone-scrapers. 

 Bone-scraper. 



Handle, wood; blade, common hoop-iron, riveted to handle. 

 Eoughly made. Length, 8^ inches. New London, Connecticut, 

 1882. 57072. Gift of Lawrence & Co. 



Scraper. 



Eoughly-made handle, wood ; half ovate blade with spur for inser- 

 tion in handle. Metal ferule. Length, 8^ inches. New Bed- 

 ford, Massachusetts, 1882. 57074. Gift of Jonathan Bourne. 

 May be used as a bone-scraper or inshave. 



Bone-scraper. 



Handle, rough wood ; iron shank ; ovate frame forming the blade, 

 common hoop-iron. Blade riveted to shank. A very old spe- 

 cimen. Length, 11^ inches. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1882. 

 57076. Gift of Thomas Knowles & Co. 



BONE-SCRAPERS. 



Blades, steel, slotted vertically in handle. Handles, wood ; holes in 

 handles for small laniards. Length, 3J inches. New Bedford, 

 Massachusetts, 1882. 57068. Gift of F. S. Allen. Used in 

 cleaning whalebone (baleen). 



cooper's inshaves. 

 Inshave. 



Handle, turned wood. Iron frame, a true oblong ovate, with blade 

 on forward edge, and spur for insertion in handle. Metal fer- 

 ule. Length, llj inches. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1882. 

 57067. Gift of Jonathan Bourne. 



Cooper's small inshave. 



Handle, wood. Iron frame, oblong ovate ; cutting-edge on forward 

 part. Metal ferule. Length, 10 inches. New Bedford, Mas- 

 sachusetts, 1882. 57069. Gift of John McCullough. 



Cooper's large inshave. 



Handle, turned wood. Iron frame with cutting edge and rear ex- 

 tension for attaching to handle. Length, 12^ inches. New 

 London, Connecticut, 1882. 57070. Gift of C. A. Williams 

 &Co. 



