Gaff
Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove Museum
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| Nom de l'objet : | Gaff |
| Classification de l'objet : | Man-made artefact |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | Tools and Equipment for Materials |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | Fishing and Trapping Tools and Equipment |
| Discipline : | anthropology historyl local history maritime history material culture social history |
| Matériaux : | wood iron |
| Technique de fabrication : | carved cast |
| Numéro d'accession : | 007.1.1 |
| Fabricant : | handcrafted |
| Province d'origine : | Pre-Confederation Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Pays d'origine : | Canada Dominion of Newfoundland |
| Continent d'origine : | North America |
| Province d'utilisation : | Pre-Confederation Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Pays d'utilisation : | Canada Dominion of Newfoundland |
| Culture : | Newfoundland Canadian |
| Secteur géo-culturel : | North America |
| Contexte culturel : | sealing hunting |
| Date de fin de production : | c 1920 |
| Période : | Early-Twentieth Century |
| Description : | This sealing gaff consists of a short wooden handle, attached to an iron hook. The letters "RC" are carved into the side of the handle. It appears as though a large segment of the wooden handle is missing. The hook had rusted with age. |
| Commentaires : | Many Newfoundland residents have relied on income from sealing since the early days of settlement on the island. The activity would have been important for many residents of Logy Bay and surrounding area as it supplemented income from the cod fishery and agricultural economy. Sealing generally began in March, when harp seals were giving birth on sea ice off the Newfoundland coast. Men from Logy Bay would travel to St. John's to board schooners destined for the ice flows. Gaffs like this were important components of sealers' equipment " and sealers generally used their own. They were used not only to kill seals, but also to haul dead animals across the ice, and for balance as sealers jumped from ice pan to ice pan. The inscription of "RC" on the side of the gaff may be the initials of the owner, or could perhaps indicate that the gaff's owner was Roman Catholic " as virtually all residents of Logy Bay were in the first half of the twentieth century. This was important on large sealing vessels where there would have been a large number of men from different religious denominations. Deaths from illness, injuries and exposure were common on the schooners, so identifying one's religion would have been important for many. This gaff likely dates from the early years of the twentieth century. |
| Fonctions : | This gaff was used by a Logy Bay resident in the Newfoundland seal fishery in the early decades of the twentieth century. |
| Hauteur : | 5 |
| Longueur : | 46 |
| Largeur : | 9 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre d'objets : | 1 |
| Nombre de parties composantes : | 1 |
| Étiquette ou poinçon : | RC |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Logy Bay |
| Province de l'établissement : | Newfoundland and Labrador |
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