Wooden Net Float, Nerpa Head
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1880
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT.1; PL. LII-22; P.126. 1/83 SITES INUA LOAN WOOD; HIDE; SEAL HAIR (?), BEADS. LOAN: U.S.I.A. INUA JUN 24 1988. ILLUS.: INUA CATALOGUE. USIA 1988, PL. 43, P.33. LOAN RETURNED DEC 28 1990."
label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact https://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=572 , retrieved 12-28-2021; see web page for additional information: Net float, Inupiaq. This wooden float for a seal net is in the shape of a seal's head, with large blue beads to represent its eyes and caribou hair inserted to show the bristles on its muzzle. Nets are strung under the sea ice or in open water leads where seals are swimming. Wooden floats support the nets and also serve as hunting charms, to draw the animals near.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kaviagmut / Cape Nome, Norton Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 80A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E44142-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Net Float
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 13 cm