Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
99.21.094
Accession#:
99.21
Credit Line:
Donated by Mary Ann Parke.
Object Name:
Float
Title:
Red Brown Molded Porous Plastic Gillnet Float
Date:
1960
Description:
Red brown molded porous plastic (plastic cork) elongate gillnet float. Two 0.1875 inch diameter holes through each end of float. Rounded groove 0.625 inch wide along length of both sides. Overall rounded edges. Ends rounded. Seam encircles float dividing into upper and lower symmetrical halves.
Inscription of 2 single barbed arrow heads in 0.625 inch diameter circle.
Notes:
From collection of beach combed items collected by Thomas S. Parke. Used on corkline of gillnet.
Search Terms:
Fisheries
Fishing
Subsistence
T&E