I was going to draw the bowhead whale bones in Whitby, where everyone has their photo taken, but my 21st century sensibility was disturbed by the site of the harpoon on top....this collection of whaling tools from a bygone trade with macabre purposes...."flensing" knives, "strand" knives, blubber spades, a lance and harpoons...(Trip to Whitby Museum, last visit in 1977 with Mum, Dad, Nick and Matt , walking the Cleveland Way!)
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