Net Needle, giant size
Object/Artifact
Oversize net needle for display
2021.06.04
This item was given as a gift to local commercial fishermen Demmy Demerest. It is too large to be used to build a usable net for the great lakes fishery. It is hand crafted from solid wood, glossy varnish, with wobbly edges.
1845 Fishing, commercial
2021.06
Demerest, David 1953-Hebert, MarilynDemerest, Marvin Eugene "Demmy" 1928-2020
Donation
3-1/2 in
24 in
1/4 in
Saugatuck's Historic Demerest Shanty
Similar object 2019.12.02 in the SDHC collection is called a Simming Needle
02/17/2021
09/29/2025