Jar: Pilot Whale Oil

Object/Artifact

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

Jar: Pilot Whale Oil

Entry/Object ID

1985.134.001

Description

Pilot Whale Oil: Blubber Oil, 400 Ml. in glass jar prepared by the Kendall Whaling Museum (which merged with the New Bedford Whaling Museum in 2001) -paper label pasted on jar: "Kendall Whaling Museum/Spermaceti & Whale Oils/ rendered for scientific and educational purposes from specimens recovered under supervision of the United States Government/ The Kendall Whaling Museum 27 Everest St. P.O. Box 297, Sharon, Massachusetts, 02067" "Lot 1, Batch 3, Volume: 400 ml, Jar No. 19, Item: Pilot Whale Oil: Blubber Oil, Species: Globicephala melaena, Retrieved/Recovered: Date: November 20, 1982, Place: Wellfleet, Mass., Rendered: November 20, 1983" Genus: Globicephala

Collection

Natural History Collection

Made/Created

Artist

New Bedford Whaling Museum

Date made

1983

Place

City

Sharon, MA

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

USA

Continent

North America

Ocean

East Coast of North America, Atlantic Ocean, World Ocean

Notes

Preparator: Kendall Whaling Museum Date Specimen Prepared: 1983-11-20

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Jar, Specimen

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Specimen

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Medical Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Medical & Psychological T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Material

Glass