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Object Number
17-21-10/87244
Display Title
Whale bone line
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Bundle of fishing line, baleen, wrapped with rawhide thong
Classification
- Net
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Nootka?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
/
Vancouver Island?
Materials
Baleen, Rawhide
Dimensions
Overall: 28 x 19.1 x 1.3 cm (11 x 7 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
87244
Provenance
Provenance
Unknown
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|
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|
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| |
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| ||
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| |
|
Image Not Available
for Fishing line of whale-bone
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| ||
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|
Canada
United States | |
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Tackle
|
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