person

harpooneer

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Properties

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behavior
keeps late hours
description
An unknown stranger, initially assigned to share a bed with the narrator, whose late hours and mysterious activities, like 'peddling his head,' cause the narrator apprehension.
occupation
harpooneer
origin
South Seas
status
unknown stranger

Relationships

  • sellsNew Zealand Heads
    description
    The harpooneer is engaged in the business of selling 'balmed New Zealand heads as curiosities.
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    he bought up a lot of ’balmed New Zealand heads (great curios, you know), and he’s sold all on ’em but one, and that one he’s trying to sell to-night, cause to-morrow’s Sunday, and it would not do to be sellin’ human heads about the streets when folks is goin’ to churches.
  • arrived_fromSouth Seas
    description
    The harpooneer recently traveled from the South Seas, where he acquired his merchandise.
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    source_text
    just arrived from the south seas
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    2026-03-02T00:01:53.876Z
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  • is_subject_of_rumor_aboutpeddling his head
    description
    The Landlord tells the narrator a strange story about the Harpooneer being out peddling his head.
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    to-night he went out a peddling, you see, and I don’t see what on airth keeps him so late, unless, may be, he can’t sell his head.”
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    extracted_at
    2026-03-02T00:02:00.012Z
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