Fishing Float

NA10822

From: Alaska | Angoon

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA10822
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska | Angoon
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Halibut Stomach | Gut Skin | Fish Skin
Description

Fishing float made from halibut stomach. Inflated and then sealed at both ends with sinew. The float would be attached to fishing line and used to indicate when a fish bites.

Length 68.6 cm
Width 30.2 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1926
Other Number Shotridge 105 or 106 - Field No SF

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