Name/Title
GigEntry/Object ID
2001.01.84Description
Fish Gig
6 points at the top, with 3 spikes coming out of each point. ( 4 middle ones have 2 spikes coming out on one side and 3 on the other)
An instrument used to strike fish at sea, particularly dolphins. It consists of a staff three or four barbed prongs, and a line fastened to the end, on which the prongs are fixed: to the other end is fitted a piece of lead, which serves to give additional force to the stroke when the weapon flies, and to turn the points upward after the fish is penetrated.Collection
John Carroll CollectionCondition
Overall Condition
GoodDate Examined
Feb 8, 2007Examined By
Keira GruberNotes
Spikes are still sharp
few knicks on the metal but other then that nothing seems wrong