whaling_equipment

monkey-rope

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Properties

_kg_layer: 0
description: A long cord used in the fishery, technically called a monkey-rope, attached to a harpooneer and their holder, designed to prevent the harpooneer from falling into the sea during whale processing.
function: safety tether
technical_term: monkey-rope

attached_toQueequeg
description
The monkey-rope is secured to Queequeg's broad canvas belt, forming a critical safety link during the whale processing.
source
Sourcetext_chunk
source_text
the monkey-rope was fast at both ends; fast to Queequeg’s broad canvas belt,
attached_toIshmael
description
The monkey-rope is also fastened to Ishmael's narrow leather belt, creating a shared peril and metaphorical 'Siamese ligature' between the two men.
source
Sourcetext_chunk
source_text
and fast to my narrow leather one.
extracted_fromSource
extracted_at
2026-03-02T00:04:43.846Z
source
Sourcetext_chunk
same_as01KJNXQ356GFQP03T4K15Z4QJ1
confidence
0.9
detected_at
2026-03-02T00:08:08.628Z
detected_by
kg-dedupe-resolver
reasoning
The candidate entity has the exact same label 'monkey-rope' as the source entity. Its type 'whaling_tool' is highly compatible with the source's type 'whaling_equipment', indicating it refers to the same specific item.