Fishing line

Museum number:
2-15551
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.708
Description:
Dried, knotted deep fishline.
Donor:
W. Barclay Stephens
Collection place:
Masset, Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Queen Charlotte Islands; Masset
Culture or time period:
Haida
Collector:
Willie J. Clark Dodd
Collection date:
1887-1890
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fishing lines
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1936
Context of use:
Object was originally attached to #2-15552 (fishhook).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 300 feet
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Fishing line, accession number 2-15551, described as Dried, knotted deep fishline.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Fishing line, accession number 2-15551, described as Dried, knotted deep fishline.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Fishing line, accession number 2-15551, described as Dried, knotted deep fishline.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Fishing line, accession number 2-15551, described as Dried, knotted deep fishline.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing line, accession number 2-15551, described as Dried, knotted deep fishline.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing line, accession number 2-15551, described as Dried, knotted deep fishline.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing line, accession number 2-15551, described as Dried, knotted deep fishline.

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