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Actions	creel Remove from selection Add to selection Object number2006.045.25 Titlecreel DescriptionCane creel with woven cotton carrying band.Cane back creel used to carry fish by fishwives. Woven up the sides with slots for the cotton carrying strap, the style is exemplary of back creels used on the East Coast of Scotland. The creel would have been carried with the strap across the fishwife's shoulders or forehead. Fishwives made an independent living selling fish door-to-door. Object namecreel Object category4.151 Dimensions height: 51.50 cm width: 43.00 cm depth: 34.00 cm

Object number2006.045.25

Titlecreel

DescriptionCane creel with woven cotton carrying band.Cane back creel used to carry fish by fishwives. Woven up the sides with slots for the cotton carrying strap, the style is exemplary of back creels used on the East Coast of Scotland. The creel would have been carried with the strap across the fishwife's shoulders or forehead. Fishwives made an independent living selling fish door-to-door.

Object namecreel

Object category4.151

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