Wooden Float For Salmon Net
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Feb 1882
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; PL. LXX-4; P. 184. LOANED TO ALASKA STATE MUSEUM 3-31-83. LOAN RETURNED 09 23 87."
label: Notes
content: Photo and description in Fienup-Riordan, Ann. 2007. Yuungnaqpiallerput, The Way We Genuinely Live: Masterworks of Yup'ik Science and Survival. Seattle: University Of Washington Press, p. 200. Qungyarcetaaq Bird Decoy. Bird decoy attached to the end of a fishnet to attract birds. Frank Andrew [from Kwigillingok] said: "One sits still behind it. When birds land, he shoots an arrow at them. I think this is a spectacled eider decoy."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jan 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Mission, Yukon River, Lower, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 82A00003
label: USNM Number
content: E48699-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Float