These are plummets, or weights, connected to a modern net. They were used by Northeast Woodland Indigenous peoples to force a fishing net to sink in the water. Indigenous people would have made their nets from hemp.
Native American. Plummet. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1985-0219/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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