Darting gun
name: label: patentee
content: Pierce, Eben
label: maker
content: Pierce, Eben
label: manufacturer
content: Macy
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New England
topic: label: used
content: Whaling
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Fisheries
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Fish Commission
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.025252A
label: catalog number
content: 025252A
label: accession number
content: 012281
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Harpoon, Gun Type
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (lock case latch material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, gun metal (gun barrel material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, gun metal (lock-case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, gun-metal (socket for pole material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, gun-metal (socket pieces or lugs for harpoon material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, gun-metal (one forward guide for trigger material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (two after guides for trigger material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (bottom of lock case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (firing pin material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (lock-case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, gun-metal (hammer material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel rod (trigger, projecting beyond muzzle material)
label: Measurements
content: gun: 19 3/4 in; x 50.165 cm
label: Measurements
content: pole: 56 1/4 in; x 142.875 cm
label: Measurements
content: trigger: 34 in; x 86.36 cm
label: Measurements
content: harpoon: 30 in; x 76.2 cm
label: Measurements
content: darting bomb: 15 1/2 in; x 39.37 cm