Hand Net
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Oct 1913
name: label: Collector
content: Riley D. Moore
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. National Museum
notes: 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=328 , retrieved 7-17-2018; see web page for additional information: Bird net. Men and boys hid in hunting blinds among boulders at the base of seaside cliffs, waiting for flocks of crested auklets to fly by so they could snare them in long-handled nets. Nets with short handles like this one were for capturing auklets as they emerged from their nests among the rocks. The seabirds are an important food source and the skins traditionally served for making warm parkas.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yupik, St. Lawrence Island
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 055962
label: USNM Number
content: E280233-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Net