Fishing Net
97-124-152
Location: On Display in the Ancient Food & Flavor
From: Switzerland | Zurich Canton | Lake Zurich | Zurich
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | 97-124-152 |
| Current Location | Ancient Food & Flavor - On Display |
| Culture | Swiss Lake Dweller |
| Provenience | Switzerland | Zurich Canton | Lake Zurich | Zurich |
| Locus | Pile Dwelling |
| Period | Neolithic |
| Date Made | 4300-2300 BCE |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flax |
| Technique | Twisted |
| Description | Twisted threads knotted together at intervals. Evidently remains of fishing net. Charred. |
| Height | 0.6 cm |
| Length | 10.9 cm |
| Width | 10.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-124-152 - Old Museum Number | 11096 - ANSP Number |
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