Thanks to everyone who replied about our mystery object. We've figured
out what it is. It's a castoreum container used by beaver trappers to
hold beaver castoreum as bait when trapping. It looks exactly like the
one that we saw.
Kelli Bacon
NSHS
1500 R St.
PO Box 82554
Lincoln NE 68501-2554
402-417-4766
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