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Arrow

Wooden arrow with conical iron point. Fletching replaced

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Arrowhead

Brass arrowhead

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The hole drilled in the arrowhead is both for hafting it to the arrow-shaft, as well as stringing them in bundles for sale.

Arrows

Wooden dowels with conical wooden heads

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Basswood Fiber String

Fine string made from basswood bark wound over a pasteboard tube

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Basswood Fiber String

Large bundle of string made from basswood bark

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Basswood Fiber String

Fine string made from basswood bark. Wound over a bark strip.

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Basswood Fiber Twine

Double-strand twine or heavy string made from basswood bark.

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Basswood Fiber Twine

Twine made from basswood bark - untreated

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Made as a student project at Johnson State College

Fish Decoy

Fish Decoy

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Fish Spear

Spear consisting of wooden handle, metal spike, and two arms with triangular ends.

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Form is ethnically distinctive Wabanaki and shows use in the Abenaki study area.

Fishhook

metal fishhook

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Fishhook

metal fishhook

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Fishhook

small, metal fishhook

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Handline

Ash reel with attached line and hook.

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This beautifully hand-carved ash reel descended in a Missisquoi Abenaki family. These 19th century hand line reels were wound with commercial fish-line and were used by children as well as poorer families who could not afford commercial fishing tackle.

Handline

a. Commercial handline reel
b. Bobber
c. Sinker

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This is a commercially made and sold rig of a type Wiseman remembers being used when he was young in the 1950’s and maybe later. It has the line wound carefully around the rectangular wooden reel. It is in perfect condition, except for the warping of the reel.

Ice Fishing Jig

Wooden stick with hooks on one end to wrap line around and a pierced end to guide line.

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Thousands or perhaps millions of these efficient little hand carved ice fishing pole/reel combo tools were carved by everyone who could get onto the ice in the winter, whether Abenaki, French or English. We do know that an Abenaki man from Highgate Springs, Vermont used this to fish off of Shipyard Bay, “over by Bandstand Island” during the early 1900’s.

Lance Head

Steel lance head

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This moose lance was found in a vegetable garden in Morrisville, Vermont, on the floodplain of the Lamoille River. It is a standard big game trade lance point forged from iron wire.

Muskrat Spear

Metal rod sharpened ends and sharp protrusions a long the sides.

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An amazing find from the Northeast kingdom antique shop in Irasburg. This wrought iron spear was not definitively associated with an Abenaki family but is considered a typical “Indian Trade” item in the literature.

Powder Horn

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