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Birch scrub-broom. 



Made of a birch sapling; the butt being stripped into fibers to 

 form the broom. Gloucester, Mass., 1880. 39,194. II. S. Fish 

 Commission. Used to scrub decks, &c, on fishing-vessels. 



Cabin and deck broom. 



Corn-straw broom, attached by wire to cypress-wood handle. 

 Gloucester, Mass., 1883. 57,814. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 Used for sweeping cabin and deck. 



55. Scoops and bailers. 

 Dory scoop. 



Carved out of one piece of wood; painted light brown; shovel- 

 shaped bowl ; round, straight handle. Length of bowl, 8 

 inches; width, 6 inches ; handle, 3| inches long. Gloucester, 

 Mass., 1876. 25,222/ S. ElwefLjr. For bailing out dories. 



Dory scoop. 



Carved out of single block of wood ; painted blue ; shovel-shaped 

 bowl, with projecting slightly curved handle. Length, 8^ 

 inches; width, 7£ inches; handle, 3§ inches long. Province- 

 town, Mass., 1876. 25,707. Central Wharf Company, Province- 

 town. Used by fishermen for bailing out dories. 



Dory scoop. 



Wood, painted; shovel-shaped ; round, projecting handle. Length, 

 8 inches ; width, 7 inches ; handle, 3| inches long. Gloucester, 

 Mass., 1880. 57,048. U. S. Fish Commission. Used for bail- 

 ing out dories. 



Fisherman's home-made dory scoop. 



Wooden sides and handle ; zinc bottom. Length of scoop, 9 inches ; 

 width, 8^ inches; length of handle, 3f| inches. Gloucester, 

 Mass., 1883. 57,818. U. S. Fish Commission. This is the kind 

 of large scoops made by the fishermen themselves for use in 

 winter, when smaller scoops are of no avail. 



Wooden scoop. 



Hardwood; a spoon-shaped bowl, with projecting handle; a hole 

 cut in the latter to admit the hand. Length of bowl, 9 inches; 

 average width 7£ inches ; handle, 5 inches long. Northwest 

 coast of America. 690. George Gibbs. Used for bailing out 

 canoes. 



Wooden scoop. 



Hard wood, carved out of single block; spoon-shaped bowl, with 

 slot in handle; a line of red paint around the inner upper edge. 



