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Fish net
Object Number 05-7-10/65593
Display Title Fish net
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fish net, woven vegetable fiber, has a hole, both ends open
Classification
  • Net
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Vancouver Island
Additional Geographic Terms Beecher Bay
Materials Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 54.5 x 34.5 x 0.4 cm (21 7/16 x 13 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 65593
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (?)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1905)

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