Seal-headed net float
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1880
name: label: Culture/People
content: Bering Strait Iñupiaq
label: Previous owner
content: Frank M. Covert (F. M. Covert), Non-Indian, 1858-1929
label: Seller
content: Frank M. Covert (F. M. Covert), Non-Indian, 1858-1929
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frank M. Covert (1858-1929, a New York dealer); purchased by George Heye from Frank M. Covert circa 1908.
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place: label: Place
content: Cape Prince of Wales; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Bering Strait Iñupiaq
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
label: On View
content: NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 1/8288
label: Barcode
content: 018288.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
label: Indigenous Term
content: puktaun
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Seal-headed net float
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, hide thong/babiche, animal hair, glass bead/beads, ivory
label: Techniques
content: Carved, inlaid
label: Dimensions
content: 32.8 x 13.5 x 5.5 cm