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Object Number
15-36-10/86457
Display Title
Stone sinkers used with large nets set in lakes.
Descriptions
Object Description
Stone sinkers used with large nets set in lakes. They are held in place or enclosed in a netting of heavy twine of Indian hemp and bark and attachment of same. The number of them used varied according to the requirements of the net.
Inventory Description
Sinkers, stone, wrapped with netting
Classification
- Sinker
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1915
Culture
- Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
Materials
Stone Bark fiber Indian hemp
Dimensions
Overall: 9.8 x 8.4 x 7.4 cm (3 7/8 x 3 5/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
86457
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Collector
James A. Teit
(1915)
Seller
James A. Teit
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