Fishing Float
29-175-273
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-273 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kwakiutl |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Seal Skin | Wood |
| Description | Rawhide. "Seal skin float for whale harpoon line". The skin is gathered at each end bound tightly with cord (missing at one end). The bunch of hide that projects beyond cord is pierced with a hole about 1 cm. in diameter for wooden peg. There is a split within the fold of the skin at the end of which a vent was once bound with cord. |
| Length | 110 cm |
| Width | 60 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 7/495 - Collector Number |
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