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Fish net
Object Number 06-27-10/66400
Display Title Fish net
Descriptions
Object Description Fish net. "Whitefish mesh."
Inventory Description Fish net
Classification
  • Net
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms Slave Lake, North shore of; Hay River
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 84 x 32 x 9 cm (33 1/16 x 12 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 66400
Historical Language
Museum staff recognize the offensive nature of the term “slave” in describing the geographic context for this item; however, the geographic place name is still in use and we are not aware of any current term that has replaced it
Provenance
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1905)
Dealer Thomas Anderson (1906)

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