City of Portland Collection. Original use by Cheyenes Beach Whaling Co. Albany W.A. Garry Tonkin - Albany W.A. transferred ownership to Brendan Kurtze - Portland Vic. Who then donated object to the City of Portland. 1990's?Whale harpoon modern circa 1970's used in Albany W.A. Explosive head type. Distorted in use, steel, 4 hinged barbs and slotted swivel, tip can be screwed off to load explosives.Front: - Back: -

Part of the collection purchased from Brendan Kurtze by the City of Portland in 199..?Whaling implement, iron, painted gloss black, no handle, reconstructed handle sleeve.Front: - Back: -

Fish cleaning paddle, wooden, flat with narrow grooves, metal clamp for holding fish's tail one end. American made.

Former Bower Bird Museum item, Vanda Savill's collection, Heywood. Museum closed 2006.Coal Basket

Port of Portland CollectionBlacksmith's tongs - hand forged, steel.port of portland

Port of Portland CollectionBlacksmith's tongs, hand forged, steel.port of portland

Wooden handle with metal shaft.

Whaling implement, iron hook painted black gloss, short section of replicated handle painted white. Cast / forged

Grooming accessorypersonal care, grooming

Fishing lure. Black feathers covering shank of hook, no lead 'head'.

Fishing lure. Horsehair, undyed, black and fawn, covering shank of hook, lead 'head', painted black.

Fishing lure. Cream feathers covering shank of hook, lead 'head', cone shaped, painted brighr red.

Fishing lure. Horsehair, undyed, black and fawn, covering shank of hook, lead 'head', painted black.

Fishing lure. Black and white feathers covering shank of hook. Cylindrical lead 'head' painted black with 2 white and red painted 'eyes'.

Fishing lure. White horsehair covering shank of hook. Red and white plastic 'head' with 2 eyelets for eyes - made to look like fish.

City of Portland Collection|Kurtze Museum|19/4/2000Iron utensil featuring shaft with V shaped section on one end and soldi cone shaped section on the other end. Painted with glossy black paint.

Found Sept. 99 near Trawler wharf at Portland on the shore amongst rocks. Chipping hammer used to chip rust or flaky paint from boatsWooden handled hammer with metal head, shaped with both ends pointed at opposite angles

City of Portland Collection|Kurtze MuseumIron utensil featuring shaft with V shaped section on one end and soldi cone shaped section on the other end. Painted with glossy black paint.

City of Portland Collection|Kurtze Museum|19/4/2000. Once a whale was killed and its blubber was cut up and hauled aboard the ship for processing, the chunks of flesh were moved around the slippery vessel with long-handled, two-tined blubber forks. These forks were used to pitch the pieces of minced blubber into the hot try-pots to boil it down into oil. The long handles prevented sore backs from too much bending over and protected the men from getting too close to the boiling oil. (taken from Smithsonian Museum)WhalingTwo pronged utensil, painted with glossy black paint. An attempt to repair handle, short stem of handle rivetted onto handle sleeve.whaling, whaling tools

Wooden pattern for mould for boat fitting. Rectangular, one curved long edge, one straight. Two buttress shaped 'legs' attached to underside, reaching from shaped to straight side, then extending at right angles. Two small cylidners of differing diameters, attached to underside, one a top the other. Painted yellow/orange.

Port of Portland CollectionBlacksmith's tongs, forged steelport of portland archives

Used by Cheyenes Beach Whaling Co. Albany W.A. Then into collection of Brendon Kurtze who donated it to City of Portland in the 1990sCylindrical steel pole with detachable head. Head features 4 hinged barbs and slots.