HOE: cultivating and preparing gardens; wood and clamshell.
(Williams, p. 176; Wood, p. 87; Howe, pp. 116-17)
SPOON: eating stews, etc.; Wood (burls of elm, maple, or other),
finely finished, handle often elaborately carved in openwork or
other ornamental figures; Bone (one example), U-shaped, 104 × 41
mm, three small perforations in flat end for hafting; Deer antler;
Sheet copper and brass (Willoughby, pp. 237-39, 258; Bushnell, pp.
675, 683-4; Gookin, p. 151)
LADLE: burl of elm, maple, or other. (Willoughby, p. 258; Gookin,
p. 151)
SNOWSHOES: round, “bearpaw” type, rectangular weaving[B]; three
crossbars; netting attached to frame by wrapping. The toe hole,
characteristic of most North American snowshoes, is lacking.
(Davidson, pp. 31-2, 96)
MOULDS: for casting pipes, buttons, small ornaments, shot and
bullets of all sizes; slate or other suitable stone; both one and
two piece. (Willoughby, p. 243-44; Bradford, p. 52)
CRADLE BOARD: wood (perhaps also bark); forked shaped ends,
dimensions 2 × 1 feet; braided strap for tying on child; furs for
covers. (Bushnell, p. 675; Wood, p. 108; Morton, p. 147)
TORCHES: as fishing lures and for lighting inside houses; birch
bark or pitch pine; splints or cloven pieces bound into a bundle.
(Bushnell, p. 675; Willoughby, p. 294)
FISH HOOKS: bone—one form consists of the shank bone of a fawn,
ends cut off to make a tubular shape 120 mm. long; line is
looped through the tube; catches by fish swallowing. Wood with a
spear-shaped piece of bone attached at more or less right angle,
producing a fang-shape; point lashed on with hemp. Iron (imported
ready made from Europe). (Bushnell, p. 675; Howe, pp. 110-15; Wood,
p. 100)
NET SINKERS: for keeping stationary net in place; stone. (Chapin,
p. 11)