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Object Number
15-36-10/86426.2
Display Title
Fish net used by children for fishing or in a net & ball game.
Descriptions
Object Description
Fish net used by children for fishing or in a net & ball game. Frame of mountain maple. Net of Indian hemp twine. In the net and ball game, a ball was rolled down a slope by one boy and caught on the net by the other. Balls consisted of a round bag of sand, a round stone, a wooden knot, etc.; any kind of ball was used. As a fishing net, it was used from both fishing platforms and river beds.
Inventory Description
Fish net, net pocket in loop at end of stick, net is vegetable twine
Classification
- Net
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1915
Culture
- Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
Materials
Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 120 x 18.5 x 1.4 cm (47 1/4 x 7 5/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
15-36-10/86426
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Collector
James A. Teit
(1915)
Seller
James A. Teit
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15-36-10/86426.1 | Fish net used by children for fishing or in a net & ball game. |
Net
|
British Columbia
| |
| 15-36-10/86422 | Net-frame or hoop for ball game. Made of mountain maple wood. |
Sports equipment
|
British Columbia
| |
| 15-36-10/86427 | Wooden ball used in ball and net game and hoop net |
Toy
|
British Columbia
| |
| 49-14-50/8347 | Model of fishing net. Kokoa - net; Mwala - stone; Skalanje - dorks; Chichili - s |
Net
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/8346 | Model of fishing net. Kokoa - net; Mwala - stone; Skalanje - dorks; Chichili - s |
Net
|
Nyasaland
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Fishing net
| 10-21-10/76696 | Fishing net |
Net
|
California
| |
| 36-56-50/1488 | Fish net |
Net
|
Zambia
| |
| 11-43-30/82944.2 | Fishing net |
Net
|
British Guiana
Guyana | |
| 06-20-70/66753 | Model of fish net |
Net
|
Romblon Province
| |
| 10-21-10/76566 | Fishing net |
Net
|
California
| |
| 37-32-50/2412 | Net - part of woman's fishing gear (cf. 50/2411) |
Net
|
Cameroon
| |
| 15-36-10/86455 | Large net of Indian hemp twine |
Net
|
British Columbia
|