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Listen: The Assorted Selections ProgramAda Mickler with one of the cast nets she made in Saint Augustine, Florida.
Image Number
Photographer
Date
Rights
Collection
Series 1577, Box 16, FF8
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Textiles
Woven goods
Craft
Industry, Maritime--Florida--Saint Augustine
Maritime occupational equipment
Occupational groups--Florida--Saint Augustine
Occupations, Maritime--Florida--Saint Augustine
Net makers
Minorcan Americans--Florida--Saint Augustine
Material culture--Florida--Saint Augustine
Handicraft
Weaving
Nets
Fishing nets
Women artisans--Florida--Saint Augustine
Women weavers
Textile crafts
Personal Subjects
Physical Description
General Note
Accompanying note: "Ada Mickler, the youngest of ten children raised in a Minorcan community between St. Augustine and New Smyrna, wove her first castnet when she was a teenager. She does her 'netting' in spare time, making both the English and Spanish castnets. This mullet net is made of cotton cord, with lead weights amounting to one pound per foot of netting. If she worked full-time, Ms. Mickler feels it would take her one week to complete a net of this size."
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