Cardboard Tube Fishing Line

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Cardboard Tube Fishing Line

Entry/Object ID

2024.40.1

Description

Paper towel tube cut down and wrapped with fishing line. The filament line is knotted around the tube and has a brass chain with stainless steel fish hook at the far end.end of the

Context

Used during Fish-ins for Abenaki rights in the 1970s.

Acquisition

Accession

2024.40

Source or Donor

Wiseman, Frederick M.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1970 - 1980

Dimensions

Length

3-7/8 in

Diameter

1-1/2 in

Material

Cardboard, Nylon, Brass, Steel

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi