oyster container cover

FISHING GEAR - OYSTERING GEAR
USA, NY, Oyster Bay
27.00 x 26.50 x 0

Oyster container cover consisting of burlap backed with tar paper, designed for local shipments of iced oysters. Printed in green and red on burlap in shape of round seal: "SEAWANHAKA/ BRAND/ OYSTERS/ GROWN AND PACKED BY/ OYSTER BAY OYSTER/ COMPANY/ OYSTER BAY/ N.Y." Stereotypical depiction of Indigenous person in canoe at center of seal.


1980.144

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