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Blubber fork

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Martha's Vineyard Museum

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About this artifact

The blubber fork was used to transfer sliced pieces of blubber, called "bible leaves", into the try pots for rendering or boiling it into oil.

Date:
c. 1870
Dimensions:
62.5" long

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