Net measure

Museum number:
2-4180
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004180
Alternate number:
x-326 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Measure or gauge for white fish net. Made of antler.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Pastolik, Wade Hampton Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Pastolik
Culture or time period:
Malemiut Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Net gauges
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 whitefish nets.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 14.7 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neumann #417.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Net measure, accession number 2-4180, described as Measure or gauge for white fish net. Made of antler.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Net measure, accession number 2-4180, described as Measure or gauge for white fish net. Made of antler.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Net measure, accession number 2-4180, described as Measure or gauge for white fish net. Made of antler.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Net measure, accession number 2-4180, described as Measure or gauge for white fish net. Made of antler.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Net measure, accession number 2-4180, described as Measure or gauge for white fish net. Made of antler.

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