Mesh measure

Museum number:
2-4186
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004186
Alternate number:
x-332 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Mesh measure or gauge for salmon net. Made of wood.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Cavia, Seward Peninsula, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Seward Peninsula; Cavia
Culture or time period:
Malemiut Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mesh measures
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits and 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
used to size meshes for salmon nets.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 24.7 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neumann #374.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure, accession number 2-4186, described as Mesh measure or gauge for salmon net. Made of wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure, accession number 2-4186, described as Mesh measure or gauge for salmon net. Made of wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure, accession number 2-4186, described as Mesh measure or gauge for salmon net. Made of wood.

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