Wooden Fish Float in the Shape of a Seal
Unknown people (Northwest Coast)
Northwest Coast
collected early 20th century
Wood
Overall: 5 13/16 × 1 1/2 × 1 3/8 in. (14.8 × 3.8 × 3.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Ernest Knaebel
44.10.8708
Geography
Place Made: Northwest Coast, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Provenance
Collection History: Mrs. Ernest (Cornelia Park) Knaebel (1874-1947; mother-in-law of Wilfred Wedgwood Bowen, Dartmouth Professor of Zoology, Curator of the Dartmouth College Museum, 1934-1945, and Director of the museum); given to present collection, 1944.
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