Net float
Gallery Location
Daphne Cockwell Gallery dedicated to First Peoples art & culture
Maker
Northern Ojibwa
Medium
Wood
Geography
Weagamow Lake, Ontario, Canada
Date
1950s
Dimensions
21.3 x 4 x 5.5 cm
Object number
959.50.173.G
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Indigenous Americas
Description
Gill nets were set in open water during summer and under the ice during winter. Sinkers of beach pebbles were attached to the bottom of the net and the tension between the floats and the sinkers kept the net in a vertical position. The net hung from the floats by a cord tied around the notches cut into the float ends.
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