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2013.214.1864Bait pouch, twine net with drawstring mouth
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, bait pouch, net-woven from twine, with drawstring mouth to pull closed, to be filled with bait and hung inside lobster trap to attract lobsters
Description:
Fishing gear, bait pouch, net-woven from twine, with drawstring mouth to pull closed, to be filled with bait and hung inside lobster trap to attract lobsters
2013.214.1865Wood buoy (lobster float), fish shape, orange and white carved with V WHITE
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, wooden buoy (lobster float), fish shaped, newly painted white top and bottom with orange band in the middle, carved with "V WHITE" and branded with "G V WHITE" and "7482", with hole in the wide bottom part for attaching to a rope; on the other side a long gouge probably because the log used to make it was soft or rotten in that area; see also #1866 and #1867
Description:
Fishing gear, wooden buoy (lobster float), fish shaped, newly painted white top and bottom with orange band in the middle, carved with "V WHITE" and branded with "G V WHITE" and "7482", with hole in the wide bottom part for attaching to a rope; on the other side a long gouge probably because the log used to make it was soft or rotten in that area; see also #1866 and #1867
2013.214.1866Wood buoy (lobster float) branded G V WHITE
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, wooden buoy (lobster float), bullet shaped with white handle on top, newly painted white top and bottom with orange band in the middle, branded with "G V WHITE" and "7482", with metal staple and ring on the bottom for attaching to a rope; see also #1865 and #1867
Description:
Fishing gear, wooden buoy (lobster float), bullet shaped with white handle on top, newly painted white top and bottom with orange band in the middle, branded with "G V WHITE" and "7482", with metal staple and ring on the bottom for attaching to a rope; see also #1865 and #1867
2013.214.1867Wood buoy (lobster float), bullet shape, branded G V WHITE
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, wooden buoy (lobster float), bullet shaped with white handle on top, newly painted white top and bottom with orange band in the middle, branded with "G V WHITE" and "7482", with metal staple and ring on the bottom for attaching to a rope; see also #1865 and #1866
Description:
Fishing gear, wooden buoy (lobster float), bullet shaped with white handle on top, newly painted white top and bottom with orange band in the middle, branded with "G V WHITE" and "7482", with metal staple and ring on the bottom for attaching to a rope; see also #1865 and #1866
2013.214.1869Wooden, wedge-shaped lobster claw pegs
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, wooden lobster claw pegs, wedge shaped, used to hold a live lobster's claw closed so it would not pinch a customer; now they have been made obsolete by rubber bands used for the same purpose; hundreds of pegs are in a sturdy galvanized metal pail with a metal bail handle; the pail is rusted inside, and the bottom is rusted through in a small area
Description:
Fishing gear, wooden lobster claw pegs, wedge shaped, used to hold a live lobster's claw closed so it would not pinch a customer; now they have been made obsolete by rubber bands used for the same purpose; hundreds of pegs are in a sturdy galvanized metal pail with a metal bail handle; the pail is rusted inside, and the bottom is rusted through in a small area
2013.214.1871Cork net floats of assorted sizes, strung on a rope like beads
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, cork net floats (21) of assorted sizes, strung on a rope like beads
Description:
Fishing gear, cork net floats (21) of assorted sizes, strung on a rope like beads
2013.214.1872Fishing net pieces
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, net with fine mesh, for catching small fish; two pieces: one small, basically intact, one large, with holes and almost torn in two; may have been all one net
Description:
Fishing gear, net with fine mesh, for catching small fish; two pieces: one small, basically intact, one large, with holes and almost torn in two; may have been all one net
2013.214.1873Untitled
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, hand line; a length of stout twine attached to a lead sinker (marked "2 1/2"); the other end of the sinker is attached to two large (3.5" L) fish hooks; the twine is wrapped around (stored on) a one-piece wooden frame
Description:
Fishing gear, hand line; a length of stout twine attached to a lead sinker (marked "2 1/2"); the other end of the sinker is attached to two large (3.5" L) fish hooks; the twine is wrapped around (stored on) a one-piece wooden frame
2013.214.1878Glass float in a nylon twine pouch for use with herring net
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, clear glass float, round, molded with a nipple on one end, the other end flat, fully enclosed in a stout nylon twine pouch (with fine openings) with a drawstring, the whole would be attached to the edge of a herring net
Description:
Fishing gear, clear glass float, round, molded with a nipple on one end, the other end flat, fully enclosed in a stout nylon twine pouch (with fine openings) with a drawstring, the whole would be attached to the edge of a herring net
2013.214.1879Colorful glass floats - fishing gear
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, glass float collection, one each clear, green, and red, in a nylon pouch with a drawstring (for display purposes only); clear float is molded; red and green floats hand made with pontil marks
Description:
Fishing gear, glass float collection, one each clear, green, and red, in a nylon pouch with a drawstring (for display purposes only); clear float is molded; red and green floats hand made with pontil marks
2013.214.1880Round glass float in a nylon twine pouch for herring net
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, clear glass float, round, with pontil mark (where glass was blown, then removed from pipe), fully enclosed in a stout nylon twine pouch which would be attached to the edge of a herring net
Description:
Fishing gear, clear glass float, round, with pontil mark (where glass was blown, then removed from pipe), fully enclosed in a stout nylon twine pouch which would be attached to the edge of a herring net
2000.38.1847Model lobster boat made by George Savage
  • Object, Model
Model, wooden lobster boat, black hull with red hull bottom, white deck, gray cabin, rudder missing, no name; handmade by George Savage.
Description:
Model, wooden lobster boat, black hull with red hull bottom, white deck, gray cabin, rudder missing, no name; handmade by George Savage.
2013.214.1853Wooden buoy (lobster float) with RH STANLEY
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, wooden buoy (lobster float) with "RH STANLEY" and "5830" branded onto it; originally painted all white but now only remnants of the paint remain
Description:
Fishing gear, wooden buoy (lobster float) with "RH STANLEY" and "5830" branded onto it; originally painted all white but now only remnants of the paint remain
2013.214.1854Wooden buoy (lobster float) carved with HA ALLEY
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, wooden buoy (lobster float), fish shaped, all yellow, carved with "HA ALLEY" and "7162" with no attachment hole but rather a large metal staple into the wood and a metal ring for attaching to a rope; the owner was probably Harry Alley
Description:
Fishing gear, wooden buoy (lobster float), fish shaped, all yellow, carved with "HA ALLEY" and "7162" with no attachment hole but rather a large metal staple into the wood and a metal ring for attaching to a rope; the owner was probably Harry Alley
2009.188.1395Fishing hand line
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, hand line
Description:
Fishing gear, hand line
2000.38.1367Model sailboat: Miss Cranberry Isles
  • Object, Model
Model, naive handmade blue sailboat with white cotton sail. "Miss Cranberry Isles" incised on the rear deck
Description:
Model, naive handmade blue sailboat with white cotton sail. "Miss Cranberry Isles" incised on the rear deck
2000.233.1332Early fishing rod
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear. Early Fishing Rod
Description:
Fishing gear. Early Fishing Rod
2000.233.1333Green fishing kreel (fish basket)
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear. Green fishing kreel (fish basket)
Description:
Fishing gear. Green fishing kreel (fish basket)
1000.0.1301Yellow wood buoy carved with HA ALLEY
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, buoy, wooden, bullet shaped, with wooden dowel handle, all yellow, carved with "HA ALLEY" with attachment hole on bottom; the owner was probably Harry Alley
Description:
Fishing gear, buoy, wooden, bullet shaped, with wooden dowel handle, all yellow, carved with "HA ALLEY" with attachment hole on bottom; the owner was probably Harry Alley
2013.219.1311Wooden goose decoy
  • Object, Model
Decoy. Wood, goose, made by Wesley Bracy, Jr., carved on bottom "WB", written on bottom on paper labels "Goose $375" and "106"
Description:
Decoy. Wood, goose, made by Wesley Bracy, Jr., carved on bottom "WB", written on bottom on paper labels "Goose $375" and "106"
1000.0.1271Wood handle with metal arms
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
Tool. Handle, wood with metal arms
Description:
Tool. Handle, wood with metal arms
1000.0.1273Buoy (lobster float) with initials B.S.
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, buoy (lobster float) with black tip, initials B.S
Description:
Fishing gear, buoy (lobster float) with black tip, initials B.S
1000.0.1282Double-pronged pitchfork probably for flipping fish into boat
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
Tool, double-pronged pitchfork, with a short broken-off piece of wooden handle, probably for flipping fish into a boat
Description:
Tool, double-pronged pitchfork, with a short broken-off piece of wooden handle, probably for flipping fish into a boat
1000.0.1283Wood duck decoy
  • Object, Model
Decoy. Wood, duck decoy, painted
Description:
Decoy. Wood, duck decoy, painted
1000.0.1255Wood buoy (lobster float) branded CE RICE
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, wooden buoy (lobster float), bell shaped, black & orange, branded "CE RICE" and "9818", with iron ring attached with iron staple on bottom
Description:
Fishing gear, wooden buoy (lobster float), bell shaped, black & orange, branded "CE RICE" and "9818", with iron ring attached with iron staple on bottom