Float (fishing)

Museum number:
2-3002
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
P. 24 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.26
Description:
Float, made from the inside lining of the hair seal.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
King Island, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; King Island
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
H. H. Cushing
Collection date:
ca. 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
December 16, 1902
Context of use:
Seal float. "1 Seal Poke...is blown up with air and used as a buoy to mark where walrus has gone down after he has been speared. The native throws the spear into the walrus - the iron of which is attached to one end of the line, the other end
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
$5.00
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Float (fishing), accession number 2-3002, described as Float, made from the inside lining of the hair seal.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Float (fishing), accession number 2-3002, described as Float, made from the inside lining of the hair seal.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Float (fishing), accession number 2-3002, described as Float, made from the inside lining of the hair seal.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Float (fishing), accession number 2-3002, described as Float, made from the inside lining of the hair seal.

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