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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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