Gig

Name/Title

Gig

Entry/Object ID

2001.01.84

Description

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 Collection

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Date Examined

Feb 8, 2007

Examined By

Keira Gruber

Notes

Spikes are still sharp few knicks on the metal but other then that nothing seems wrong