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buoy

human history
  • Description

    seal skin buoy. Has two ends which have been tied and wrapped tightly with plaited sinew with wooden pegs. Coiled sinew/plant fibre cord has been attached to these end points. Two holes in the body of the buoy, one is closed with wrapped plaited sinew and the other has a wooden plug as well.

  • Place
    Washington Territory/Alaska/United States of America
  • Accession Date
    1887
  • Other Id

    9297 (ethnology)

    74779 (US National Museum)

  • Department

    World

buoy, 9297, 74779, Cultural Permissions Apply

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  • buoy, 9297, 74779, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • buoy, 9297, 74779, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • buoy, 9297, 74779, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • buoy, 9297, 74779, Cultural Permissions Apply

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