Object Number | NA5748B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tlingit |
Provenience | Alaska |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Rawhide |
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. A hole is made from loosened sinew toward one end. |
Width | 15.5 cm |
Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedtion to the Northwest Coast, Louis Shotridge, 1917 |
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