Sample, whalebone
Collection ID:
1984.053
Collection:
Social history
Piece of whalebone or baleen from the Fin Whale (BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS) stranded on Papa Westray 13/9/1981. (At time of entry in accession register last record on Orkney on Hunda in 1852, 62 ft long). This whale was 45 ft long.
