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Halibut float, hair-seal bladder inflated; prowhuns
Halibut float, hair-seal bladder inflated; prowhuns
Object Number 17-17-10/87169
Display Title Halibut float, hair-seal bladder inflated; prowhuns
Descriptions
Indigenous Term prowhuns
Object Description Halibut float, hair-seal bladder inflated; prowhuns
Inventory Description Float, dried bladder, tied at ends, degraded and broken
Classification
  • Float
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Cormorant Island / Yilis?
Additional Geographic Terms Alert Bay; Queen Charlotte Sound
Materials Bladder
Dimensions Overall: 12 x 41.7 x 23 cm (4 3/4 x 16 7/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1917)

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