[1] The net was found by farmer Antti Virolainen in Antrea, Finland (today Kamennogorsk, Russia) in autumn of 1913 at his home farm Ämmä-Mattila.

While he was ditching a swamp meadow, he found several stone and bone objects which got his attention.

All the items were found in a relatively small area, and they had likely come to the scene at the same time in one piece.

[1] The net is made out of willow and it is estimated -- based on the number of parts found -- to have been ca.

The net is laced with a knot called Ryssänsolmu, which has been in use until much later dates in Estonia and areas of Baltic Finns.