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CaptainCranky
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Posted: 03 Jul 2014 at 10:37am |
These are hand made lures manufactured in the mid 1800, s by local Sitka Eskimo,s.They were made from mostly natural materials that included
Grasses, mammoth ivory, walrus ivory, sea lion ivory and shells balleen,sinue and stone. I found them in the local museum yesterday. Hope you like them. O |
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Seaweed
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Barry, they are great, 'Mammoth Ivory' must've been a bugger to carve .
Thanks for showing and look after yourself, got down to a chilly 13 in Cairns this morning . Seaweed.
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Screamingreel
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Very interesting Barry
Thanks Not far different in many ways to the island lures depending on the material available and used What type of material used for cord and binding material. Regards John
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CaptainCranky
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Natural fibers john
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simon bruce
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How come they are still in the museum? You have been there a month or more now.
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the fish aren't art critics
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p.j.
Stall Holder P.J's Lures Joined: 06 Jan 2011 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 2936 |
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Thanks fore posting these Barry. Always very interested to see old Lures. I have offent got inspired by that. One thing imidatly stroke me looking at the second pict. Seing the left mid. Lure i thought : thats an ABU. Lucas. Look at the pict i toke, and see why. Hope you have a really good trip, and looking foreward to see more from it
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P.J. LURES
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bassnbob
Stall Holder B.O.B Timber Lures Joined: 22 Nov 2009 Location: Charlestown Status: Offline Points: 9390 |
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VERY COOL lures & hooks+rigs etc barry can ya sniff out a WOOLY MAMMOTH spinner for us captainregards bob
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CaptainCranky
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Bob there are many lures primarily made from mammoth ivory however I have not come across a lure as of yet to snare the mammoth.
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CaptainCranky
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FForgot to mention that artifact mammoth pieces range from $500 up to thousands for a small piece.
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Nicho
Stall Holder Nichos Maulers Joined: 25 Feb 2010 Location: POMONA QLD Status: Offline Points: 8752 |
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Cool lures captain...no doubt caught a feed...mammoth...that's cool!
wife: what you up to today? Fisherman: gotta go catch a mammoth so I can knock out a few more lures. |
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Nichos Maulers Homemade timber lures....THEY CATCH FISH!
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