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Whaleman's pitch-dipper. 



A utensil made by attaching a pine wood handle to a common peri- 

 winkle shell (Sycotypus canaliculate s) 1 and used for handling 

 pitch when paying deck-seams. Length, 10 inches. New 

 London, Connecticut, 1882. 56875. Gift of Lawrence & Co. 



Jig-tackle. 



Forward part of jig-tackle, grafted and painted. Crupper-like ar- 

 rangement at forward end for shipping over the bow-chock ; 

 ivory block at other end. After end wanting. Length, 4 feet 

 4£ inches. Noank, Connecticut, 1880. 57065. Made and pre- 

 sented by Captain H. C. Chester. A tackle in which many of 

 the boat-steerers take great pride. Used to prevent the whale- 

 boat from chafing when on the cranes. 



JlGr-TACKLE. 



Two parts, the forward and after ends accompanied by the falls. 

 The ropes forming both parts areunlad; each strand neatly 

 covered with canvas and braided into round " sennit." The 

 strap forming the forward part has in one end a crupper-like 

 arrangement, covered with leather to prevent chafing, which 

 fits over the bow chocks of the whale-boat, and a small eye in 

 the other end for a block. The strap forming the after end has 

 at one extremity an eye for a block, and a wooden cleat at the 

 other, which is made fast to the bearer. The two parts when 

 in use are hauled together and hold the whale-boat when trans- 

 ported on the vessel in its proper position ; both parts painted 

 blue. Chafed and worn in service. Falls, 9-thread mauila. 

 Length of forward part, 20 inches; length of after part, 60 

 inches. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1882. 57728. Gift of L. 

 & W. E. Wing. 



Man-ropes. 



Rope, grafted with cotton cloth and painted white. Man-rope knot 

 at one end, painted at the other. One pair. Length, 9£ feet. 

 New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1882. 57060. Gift of L. & W. 

 R. Wing. 



Man-rope stanchions. 



Bone, cut from the pan of the sperm-whale's jaw. Known to whale- 

 meu as ivory. Feet square-cornered to ship in sockets in ves- 

 sel's rail. Eye in upper end for man-rope. One pair. Length, 

 15 inches. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1882. 57062. Gift 

 of Daniel Kelleher. 



Chest-beckets. 



Rope strands braided ; painted green. Flemish eyes ; cross-bar 

 passing through eyes and knotted at each end. One pair. 

 Length, 11 inches. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1882. 57061. 

 Gift of L. & W. R. Wing. Made at sea by a whaleman and used 

 as beckets or handles for clothes-chest. 



