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FMIB 48214 Claw Quahaug Rake
Summary
Claw Quahaug Rake .
--This rake varies greatly in size and length. Its use is chiefly confined to Nantucket. The general style has a handle 6 feet long, while the iron part, in the form of a claw or talon, with prongs 1 inch apart, is 10 inches wide. A heavier rake, as here shown, us sometimes used in the deeper water.
Subject: Quahoging, Fishing--Equipment and supplies
Tag: Fisheries Techniques, Shellfish
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Date
1912
Source
English: Massachusetts. Commissioners on Fisheries and Game. (1912) Report Upon the Quahaug and Oyster Fisheries of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co.
Copyright info
public domain
