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Crazy Bailers

01/04/2015 By Hermione Waterfield

By Hermione Waterfield. Bailers are used all over the world to scoop the water from the bottom of boats, but those in the Pacific are carved in wood. Objects for […]

Filed Under: Special Pieces, V20 Issue 2, Volume 20

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