From collection Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Collection
Wooden and foam lobster buoys on a rope
Fishing gear, 3 wooden and 5 foam buoys (lobster floats), strung on a rope; wooden buoys: a) bullet shape with white bottom and orange top, hole on top for handle, hole through bottom body for trap rope, 18.5" L x 4" W x 4" D; b) bullet shape with blotches of white, green, and yellow all over the body and handle, branded with "98?????" carved letters ?VV, on the another side carved letters "?ILLE", on another side carved letters "SOW??I?", with black rubber strip tacked on two opposite sides to make a loop for attaching trap rope, 25" L x 5.5" W x 4.5" D; c) log shape with white bottom and orange top and handle branded with "PL ?UNKER" and "BU???R" with canvas strip tacked on the flat bottom to make aloop for attaching trap rope, but broke so a rubber stip was tacked on top of it for the same purpose, 17" L x 7.5" W x 6.25" D; (and 5 foam floats removed for display outside Shaw cabin 2015)
