Net float

Museum number:
2-19290
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020019290
Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Seal net float. Wooden line holder in form of curve, each end being a seal's head. 2 Ivory attachments with ivory staple.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Point Hope, North Slope Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Point Hope
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
R. A. Marr
Collection date:
1883
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Net floats
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1945
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 13 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Nelson Pl. LII and p. 127.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Net float, accession number 2-19290, described as Seal net float. Wooden line holder in form of curve, each end being a seal's head. 2 Ivory attachments with ivory staple.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Net float, accession number 2-19290, described as Seal net float. Wooden line holder in form of curve, each end being a seal's head. 2 Ivory attachments with ivory staple.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Net float, accession number 2-19290, described as Seal net float. Wooden line holder in form of curve, each end being a seal's head. 2 Ivory attachments with ivory staple.

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