Made of fiber, with two oval wood floats attached. Six net sinker stones attached, 3 unattached. Made of twisted fiber cordage, wood, stones.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
August 3, 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Context of use:
Fishing net. For salmon.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
7.5 centimeters and 27 centimeters
Comment:
Published: "AAE Vol 1, pl. 14, fig. 1
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34a: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 16, 1964–March 25, 1966) and S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965)