Fish Net

NA1277C

From: Alaska | Klukwan

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA1277C
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chilkat | Tlingit
Provenience Alaska | Klukwan
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Hide (uncertain) | Sinew (uncertain)
Description

Fishing net made from hide or sinew. Hexagonal weave. The braided edges suggest it may have been affixed to a frame and a handle, then used to scoop fish from the water.

Width 14 cm
Credit Line Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905

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