Float Item Number: E43237-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 29, FIG. 140, P. 286." Publication caption identifies as a halibut line float of cedar wood, carved to represent a shag or duck.
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Commander Lester A. Beardslee in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Received from U. S. Department of the Navy on September 7, 1880
What
- Name
- Float
- Identification Number
- E43237-0
- Type of Item
- float
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Field Collector
- Commander Lester A. Beardslee
- Received from
- U. S. Department of the Navy
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on September 7, 1880
Other
- Accession Number
- 009256