Fish Net

2003-43-304

From: Siberia | Amur River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 2003-43-304
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Siberia | Amur River
Culture Area Siberia
Section American
Materials Earthenware | Wood | Metal | Vegetable Fiber
Technique Non-woven | Carved
Description

Oval fishing net of vegetable fiber thread with a string laced along entire edge of net; lozenge shaped carved wooden floats attached at 2" intervals along the string; string gathers at central point through 2 pulleys and several metal rings; 2 small ceramic weights attached to a string in area of pulleys.

Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1899.1.304 - Other Number | 317/10 - Other Number | 139 - Other Number

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