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Float

Date1895-1901

Mediumwood, cedar bark

DimensionsOther: 6.7 × 2.3 × 20 cm (2 5/8 × 7/8 × 7 7/8 in.)

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Wood Carving

Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-218

Object numberHRC 00218

Descriptiona) float. carved from wood in fish shape. eye and mouth incised. two holes through which short pieces of twine are threaded. these are tied to a length of cedark bark rope, securing it to the fish. a nail in one edge; two holes bored in top but don't go all the way through.
shaped like a black cod hook.
colected in Skidegate

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