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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. 

 Roughly made. Length, 8£ inches. New London, Connecticut, 

 1882. 57072. Gift of Lawrence & Co. 



Scraper. 



Roughly-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 Kuowles & Co. 



Bone-scrapers. 



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

 handles for small laniards. Length, 3| 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, 11 J 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. 



