Fishwheel And Stand
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 Jun 1989
label: Collection Date
content: Jul 1984
name: label: Donor Name
content: Johnny Peter
notes: label: Notes
content: TWO LARGE SCOOPS BUILT WITH WIRE, PLANKS, AND SMALL TREES OR BRANCHES. STAND IS BUILT WITH LOCAL LUMBER, WHICH CONSISTS OF 2 X 8'S AND 2 X 4'S. THE FISHWHEEL BASKETS, KEPT TURNING BY THE CURRENT, TRAP THE SALMON AS THEY MIGRATE UPRIVER TO SPAWN. BUILT BY JOHNNY PETER, JR. AND TONY PETER OF FORT YUKON, ALASKA, ON THE MALL DURING THE 1984 SMITHSONIAN FESTIVAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLIFE, IN WHICH THEY WERE PARTICIPANTS. SEE ACCESSION FILE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, INCLUDING DIAGRAMS OF ARTIFACT.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 15
place: label: Place
content: Washington / Ft. Yukon, District Of Columbia / Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kutchin (Gwich'in, Dihjii Zhuh)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 363027
label: USNM Number
content: E423744-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fish Wheel
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 226 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 150 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 171.5 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 4 m
label: Width - Object
content: 2 m
label: Height - Object
content: 2 m