Basswood Fiber String

Object/Artifact

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Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Basswood Fiber String

Entry/Object ID

L2024.3.78

Description

Fine string made from basswood bark wound over a pasteboard tube

Use

Probably as fishing line or to make nets

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Abenaki Cultural Conservancy

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1920

Place

Town

Swanton

County

Franklin County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Line, Fishing

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Tackle, Fishing

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Fishing Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Fishing & Trapping T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Material

Wood

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Gravel, Benjamin Frederick (1895-1988)