Museum catalogue: Antarctic Collection
Dart
Details
Accession no.: | N: 58d | ||||||||||
Object name: | Dart | ||||||||||
Title: | Dart | ||||||||||
Description: | A three-pronged metal dart or whale mark used by the 'Discovery' Committee to investigate the migration of whales in Southern Ocean. | ||||||||||
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Number of items: | 1 | ||||||||||
Full description: |
A metal dart, consisting of a round base and a three-pronged head. There is a hole on the underside to take a dart shaft (see N: 58a). The upper surface of the base is marked 'REWARD PAID FOR RETURN TO DISCOVERY COMMITTEE // COLONIAL OFFICE LONDON // 817' and the underside is marked on '817'. |
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