Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
99.21.096 AB
Accession#:
99.21
Credit Line:
Donated by Mary Ann Parke.
Object Name:
Float
Title:
2 Marbled—Green Semi—Opaque Plastic Salmon Gillnet Floats
Date:
1960
Description:
A—B — Marbled green semi transparent molded rigid plastic, elliptical shaped, salmon gillnet floats. 0.625 inch diameter hole through length of floats. Seam around circumference divides floats in equal halves. Elliptical shape tapers from 3 inch diameter center to 1.75 inch diameter ends. 6 lengthwise lines visible in each end of float — structural support.
Notes:
From collection of beach combed items collected by Thomas S. Parke. Used on cork line of salmon gillnet.
Search Terms:
Fisheries
Fishing
Subsistence
T&E