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Fishing net
Object Number 10-21-10/76734
Display Title Fishing net
Descriptions
Inventory Description Net, thin twisted fiber string, in bundle sealed in bag.
Classification
  • Nets
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Achumawi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 25 x 23.8 x 3.8 cm (9 13/16 x 9 3/8 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (01/01/1910)
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1/1/1910)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (01/01/1910)

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