This diagram of a sperm whale, with its distinctive square head, was drawn in 1939 by A. H. McLintock to show the different ‘lays’ or shares distributed to the owners and to the crew on board a whaling ship.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference:
A-191-009
Ink drawing by Alexander Hare McLintock
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