Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
99.21.103 A—D
Accession#:
99.21
Credit Line:
Donated by Mary Ann Parke.
Object Name:
Float
Title:
4 Red & White Cylindrical Rigid Foam Redden Salmon Gillnet Floats
Date:
1970
Description:
A—B Red
C—D — White
Elliptical rigid foam redden salmon gillnet floats. Central 0.625 inch diameter hole through length of float. Outer about 0.75 inch of hole lined with rigid blue plastic reinforcement. Seam around center circumference of float.
Inscription in black ink on each:
"REDDEN" in 0.4375 inch letters on 1 side
"NR—22 / MADE IN KOREA" in 0.4375 inch and 0.125 inch lettering on opposite side.
Notes:
From collection of beach combed floats collected by Thomas S. Parke. Floats used on cork or float line of salmon gillnet.
Search Terms:
Fisheries
Fishing
Subsistence
T&E