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Credit: Produced by the Virginia Folklife Program of Virginia Humanities with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Virginia Commission for the Arts with additional support from the J & E Berkley Foundation.
Original Author: Filmed by Denis Levkovich, Nina Wilder, Virginia Humanities, editor, Katy Clune, Virginia Humanities, editor, director, Pat Jarrett, Virginia Humanities, director
Created: 2024
Medium: Digital Recording

Patawomeck Eel Pot Apprenticeship

Patawomeck archaeologist and craftsman Brad Hatch spent a year teaching two young Patawomeck tribe members, David Onks IV and Reagan Andersen, how to make traditional eel pots. Patawomeck fishers historically used eel pots, hand woven from white oak strips, to catch eels to trade, sell, or use as bait.

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