Wooden, wedge-shaped lobster claw pegs

2013.214.1869

Wooden, wedge-shaped lobster claw pegs

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

pegs 1.5" L x 0.25" W x 0.25" H; pail 9" H without bail x 11" diam, bail handle 5" H