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Crab Pots, Eel Spears, and Fish Nets : Seasonal Changes in Watermen's Work

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• Woven Eel Pot
• 1950.1.1
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• This woven eel pot is an example of early commercial eel pots used along the Chesapeake Bay. These pots are created by weaving wooden splints around a cylindrical mold.... View Full Record
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• Six Prong Eel Spear
• 1950.1.2
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• This spear has a flat, metal head with a central unbarbed prong and six barbed prongs on either side. At some point the furthest most right barbed prong became separated from the metal head. This head is not attached to a tapered pole as eels spears... View Full Record
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• Net Needle
• 1950.1.3
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• This wooden net needle was used to make and repair nets. Today, net needles are tyipcally made of plastic. The worn surface of the needle suggests it was well used.... View Full Record
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• Sadler's Crab Meat Can
• 1950.1.4
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• Sadler's Seafood was a lucrative business in Eastport. This one pound can was used to pack and sell crab meat to customers. Larger gallon cans would be sold to local restaurants.... View Full Record
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• Crab Pot Buoy
• 1950.1.5
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• This crab pot buoy is rigged with nylon line and is skewered with a weighted wooden stick. This buoy would have been attached to a crab pot.... View Full Record
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• Produce Can
• 1950.1.6
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• It is believed that this can bears its original J.C. Schultz label. The contents of the can were emptied and the bottom was reattached.... View Full Record
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• Wooden Plane with Blade
• 2007.10.9
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• Wooden plane with blade. Inscribed with E.A.S the initials of Earl Smith who worked at Chance Marine Construction Company. The blade is inscribed with "Stanley Made in USA" and is held in place with a wooden wedge.... View Full Record
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• Brace
• 2007.10.69
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• This is a traditional brace with bit. This brace would have been used to drill large holes in wood.... View Full Record