Boat Model, Cedar Keys Seine Skiff
notes: label: Description
content: This model represents a skiff from the Cedar Keys of Florida. A Cedar Keys skiff was a small flat-bottom rowboat used for seine fishing. Seine fishing is a technique where a net with large wings encircles and directs a school of fish into a trap. This model represents a skiff about 20½ feet long and 8 feet wide. It was given to the Smithsonian by the U.S. Fish Commission in 1893.
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Transportation
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content: Ship Models
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U. S. Fish Commission, World's Columbian Exposition
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.076270
label: catalog number
content: 076270
label: accession number
content: 28022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: boat
label: Object Name
content: boat, seine, model
label: Other Terms
content: boat; Maritime; Skiff
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 1/2 in x 8 in; 52.07 cm x 20.32 cm