Fishing Float
29-175-275
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-275 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kwakiutl |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Seal Skin | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Rawhide. Sealskin float for whale harpoon line. Each end gathered, cord bound (loose at one end), and pierced with wooden peg. Two holes in side also gathered and bound, one plugged with wood disk which is pierced and plugged in center. Each of these four openings is surrounded by a red painted area bounded by three narrow concentric bands, black, red, black. One end of skin is badly torn, exposing fur. |
| Length | 153 cm |
| Width | 60 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 7/496 - Collector Number |
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