Net floater
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Name of the material in English
Net floater
Name of the material in local language
(Netz-)Schwimmer
How was the material obtained
From the natural environment
Please describe:
The "Swimmer" consists of light / swimming wood (taken from the forest)
Describe the (raw) material and all the steps of processing until the moment of use with the craft activity:
The "swimmer" is made out of light wood, which is to purchase in the forest. To be used as a swimmer is has to be dug out from a bigger wood. The form of the swimmer is oval, not bigger than 15 x 10 cm and relatively flat.
Image: Net floater made of pine bark from Friesack (Havelland) around 8000 BC. Von Bullenwächter - Eigenes Werk, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17927944