Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
99.21.095
Accession#:
99.21
Credit Line:
Donated by Mary Ann Parke.
Object Name:
Float
Title:
White Porous Molded Plastic Gillnet Float
Date:
1960
Description:
White 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 of float. Overall rounded edges. Ends of float rounded. Seam encircles float dividing into upper and lower symmetrical halves.
Notes:
From collection of beach combed items collected by Thomas S. Parke. Used on cork line of gillnet.
Search Terms:
Fisheries
fishing
Subsistence
T&E