Whaler's Chopper
notes: label: Description
content: After the whale skin and attached fat, together called blubber, was hauled aboard the mother ship for processing in large strips, it was chopped into small pieces with different tools to expose more surface area to the melting heat of the boiling oil in the try-pot. This chopper was one of those tools.
topic: label: related event
content: Expansion and Reform
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture and Natural Resources
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: On the Water exhibit
label: Exhibition
content: On the Water
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: National Museum of American History. On the Water exhibition website
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0018.085
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0018.085
label: accession number
content: 1990.0018
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chopper
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (part: handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: ferrous metal (part: chopper material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 35 in x 8 in; 5.715 cm x 88.9 cm x 20.32 cm