Clamp with Razor Fish Shell

Object/Artifact

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Name/Title

Clamp with Razor Fish Shell

Entry/Object ID

6041

Description

This is the clamp used for getting razor fish out of the seagrass beds in South Australia. Once prolific. Today, very hard to find. Almost gone. The unfortunate aspect, these, razor fish shells, they were considered to be excellent bait for catching other species of fish. And because of the over harvesting of them, they are no longer prolific at all. Value of the clamp with the rope that operated the clamp

Collection

Animal Husbandry