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| Catalogue # | Title | Type | Subject | Description | |
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| 2013.219.1874 | Harpoon or "Lilly Iron" with swivel piece on the barb |
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| Fishing gear, "Lilly Iron" (harpoon) from Wesley Bracy, Jr. with swiveling piece on the barb that folds flat for easy penetration, but opens crosswise for increased grip, thus preventing loss of the fish; Bruce Komusin inserted a wooden boomstick handle and secured it with rope for display purposes. | 
Description: Fishing gear, "Lilly Iron" (harpoon) from Wesley Bracy, Jr. with swiveling piece on the barb that folds flat for easy penetration, but opens crosswise for increased grip, thus preventing loss of the fish; Bruce Komusin inserted a wooden boomstick handle and secured it with rope for display purposes. |
| 2013.256.1985 | Harpoon head from Victor White's old garage |
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| Fishing gear. Harpoon head: wood handle with threaded metal collar and 5-pronged metal barbed harpoon head. Wood handle is a sawed-off tree limb; metal collar possibly an old pipe fitting; harpoon head is inserted into handle; collar turns freely. One tine missing its barb. From Victor White's old garage summer 2013. | 
Description: Fishing gear. Harpoon head: wood handle with threaded metal collar and 5-pronged metal barbed harpoon head. Wood handle is a sawed-off tree limb; metal collar possibly an old pipe fitting; harpoon head is inserted into handle; collar turns freely. One tine missing its barb. From Victor White's old garage summer 2013. |
| 2013.249.1958 | Unusual iron, 3-pronged grappling hook |
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| Tool. Grappling hook, iron, three pronged. Unusual size and design per donor. | 
Description: Tool. Grappling hook, iron, three pronged. Unusual size and design per donor. |
| 2013.241.1953 | Trawl line on wood frame with lead sinker and large hook |
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| Fishing gear. Trawl line wound around wooden frame with heavy lead sinker and large metal hook. | 
Description: Fishing gear. Trawl line wound around wooden frame with heavy lead sinker and large metal hook. |
| 2013.241.1952 | Trawl line with wood frame |
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| Fishing gear. Trawl line wound around wooden frame. Wooden handle is nailed to frame (unusual). | 
Description: Fishing gear. Trawl line wound around wooden frame. Wooden handle is nailed to frame (unusual). |
| 2013.221.1877 | Glass float from herring fishing net |
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| Fishing gear, glass float, round, aqua colored, with pontil mark (where glass was blown, then removed from pipe), fully enclosed in a stout twine net (with unusually wide openings) which would be attached to the edge of a herring net | 
Description: Fishing gear, glass float, round, aqua colored, with pontil mark (where glass was blown, then removed from pipe), fully enclosed in a stout twine net (with unusually wide openings) which would be attached to the edge of a herring net |
| 2013.214.1917 | Broken wood frame for handline branded J. C. PIKE |
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| Fishing gear, empty wooden frame for fishing handline, broken into two halves and just pushed together; branded "J. C. PIKE." on both halves | 
Description: Fishing gear, empty wooden frame for fishing handline, broken into two halves and just pushed together; branded "J. C. PIKE." on both halves |
| 1000.0.1259 | Pulley perhaps for pulling lobster traps |
| Tool, pulley, round, very open and wide rope surface, probably an outboard pulley for lobster trap pulling | 
Description: Tool, pulley, round, very open and wide rope surface, probably an outboard pulley for lobster trap pulling | |
| 1000.27.1124 | Brass lobster gauge |
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| Tool, lobster gauge, brass, used to determine whether a lobster is of legal size to be kept. From the lobster's eye socket notch to the end of its carapace, it must be no larger than 5" and no smaller than 3-3/16". This guage has those two dimensions built in | 
Description: Tool, lobster gauge, brass, used to determine whether a lobster is of legal size to be kept. From the lobster's eye socket notch to the end of its carapace, it must be no larger than 5" and no smaller than 3-3/16". This guage has those two dimensions built in |
| 1000.0.1192 | Large fishing hand line with weight |
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| Fishing gear, large hand line with weight (for fishing) | 
Description: Fishing gear, large hand line with weight (for fishing) |
| 2004.164.1182 | Herring net on metal hoop with wooden handle |
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| Fishing gear, large herring net on metal hoop with wooden handle. The net itself is 11' long, the metal hoop 5.5' in diameter, the wooden handle 10' long, the overall length (hoop + handle) is 15.5'. Net was found upstairs in Wesley Bracey Sr.'s workshop (before the building was moved and became the Cranberry House). | 
Description: Fishing gear, large herring net on metal hoop with wooden handle. The net itself is 11' long, the metal hoop 5.5' in diameter, the wooden handle 10' long, the overall length (hoop + handle) is 15.5'. Net was found upstairs in Wesley Bracey Sr.'s workshop (before the building was moved and became the Cranberry House). |
| 1000.0.1225 | Large fishing handline with weights on wood frame |
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| Fishing gear, large handline with weights, wrapped around a wooden frame | 
Description: Fishing gear, large handline with weights, wrapped around a wooden frame |
| 1000.0.1252 | Fishing line weight |
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| Fishing gear, fishing line weight 2.5" | |
| 1000.0.1279 | Fishing hand line spool |
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| Fishing gear, fishing hand line spool, 13.5", with 2 rungs | 
Description: Fishing gear, fishing hand line spool, 13.5", with 2 rungs |
| 1000.0.1278 | Fishing hand line spool |
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| Fishing gear, fishing hand line spool, 14", with 3 rungs | 
Description: Fishing gear, fishing hand line spool, 14", with 3 rungs |
| 1000.0.1224 | Large fishing hand line with weights with wood frame |
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| Fishing gear, large fishing hand line with weights, wrapped around a wooden frame | 
Description: Fishing gear, large fishing hand line with weights, wrapped around a wooden frame |
| 1000.0.1226 | Large hand line with weights |
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| Large hand line with weights and initials JLS | |
| 2013.256.1984 | Grappling hook with ring from Victor White's old garage |
| Tool. Grappling hook with ring: metal, 4-pronged with hole in handle and ring through hole, from Victor White's old garage, summer 2013. | 
Description: Tool. Grappling hook with ring: metal, 4-pronged with hole in handle and ring through hole, from Victor White's old garage, summer 2013. | |
| 2013.218.1857 | Clam hod (clam basket) handmade |
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| Fishing gear, large wood, rectangular, slatted box with handle - clam hod (clam basket) handmade out of parts previously painted in various colors: red, white, green. With small wooden box full of shells. | 
Description: Fishing gear, large wood, rectangular, slatted box with handle - clam hod (clam basket) handmade out of parts previously painted in various colors: red, white, green. With small wooden box full of shells. |
| 2013.218.1858 | Clam rake with metal tines and wood handle |
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| Fishing gear, clam rake with metal tines and short wooden handle with a hole on the end | 
Description: Fishing gear, clam rake with metal tines and short wooden handle with a hole on the end |
| 2013.214.1864 | Bait pouch, twine net with drawstring mouth |
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| 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 |
| 2013.214.1869 | Wooden, wedge-shaped lobster claw pegs |
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| 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 |
| 2013.214.1871 | Cork net floats of assorted sizes, strung on a rope like beads |
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| 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 |
| 2013.214.1872 | Fishing net pieces |
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| 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 |
| 2013.214.1873 | Untitled |
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| 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 |
