jigger
Milltown-Head Bay d'Espoir Museum
Tous droits réservés.
| Nom de l'objet : | jigger |
| Type de l'objet : | squid |
| Classification de l'objet : | man-made artefact |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | tools & equipment for materials |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | fishing & trapping tools & equipment |
| Discipline : | anthropology history maritime history material culture |
| Matériaux : | fibre metal, lead ? paint |
| Technique de fabrication : | handcrafted ? painted cast |
| Numéro de catalogue : | DMHB2005.1.4a-b |
| Province d'origine : | pre-confederation Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Pays d'origine : | Canada Dominion of Newfoundland |
| Continent d'origine : | North America |
| Province d'utilisation : | pre-confederation Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Pays d'utilisation : | Canada Dominion of Newfoundland |
| Culture : | pre-confederation Newfoundland Canadian |
| Secteur géo-culturel : | North American |
| Contexte culturel : | fishing |
| Date de fin de production : | unknown |
| Période : | first half of 20th century |
| Description : | The red-painted metal body is an elongated ellipse shape. At the narrower end of the body is a tip with a rosette of numerous barbless, curved hooks around it. Some hooks are missing. A piece of twine is tied through the hole in the opposite end of the body. |
| Commentaires : | This jigger was owned by Morgan Engram of Milltown, and donated to the museum by his grandson, Melvin Engram. The squid jigger may have arrived in Newfoundland through French, Spanish, and Portuguese influences on the Grand Banks. Squid were used as bait in the cod fishery, and the jigger was the common method of catching squid in Newfoundland. This particular jigger typifies most of those used prior to the introduction of mechanized jigging machines in 1964, which eventually replaced hand jiggers. Like most jiggers, it is made of lead, and painted red. The jigger is basically a lure for squid, and was almost always painted red, because red was believed to attract more squid. Even other metal objects, such as spark plugs, that were sometimes used as squid jiggers, were generally painted red before use. The jigger was used without bait, and squid were attracted by moving it up and down. Jiggers were often used individually on handlines, and at other times numerous jiggers were on a long line. The hooks on a squid jigger did little damage to the squid, but the squid would hold onto the jigger with its suckers, and it was then possible to pull up the jigger with the squid attached. Sometimes fires were built along a shore to lure the squid into an area where they could be more easily caught. Jiggers could be cast in a mould, in which the hooks were cast in place but unbent. After the jigger was removed from the mould, the hooks were bent over a wooden spool using a pocket knife or a short-bladed tool. This style of jigger was eventually patented by the Neyle-Soper Hardware Company in St. John's. |
| Fonctions : | This squid jigger was used for catching squid. |
| Hauteur : | 13 |
| Longueur : | 16.6 |
| Largeur : | 2.3 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre d'objets : | 1 |
| Nombre de parties composantes : | 2 |
| Nom des parties composantes : | jigger twine |
| Établissement : |
Milltown-Head Bay d'Espoir Museum
 Facebook-Milltown-Head Bay d'Espoir Museum
|
| Ville de l'établissement : | Milltown-Head Bay d'Espoir |
| Province de l'établissement : | Newfoundland and Labrador |
Coordonnées de cette page web
-
Pour proposer des corrections ou des mises à jour sur cette page, veuillez contacter directement le Réseau canadien d’information sur le patrimoine (RCIP).