Net sinker
Gallery Location
Not on View
Maker
Indigenous Ontario
Medium
Ground stone, siltstone
Geography
Norfolk County, Ontario
Date
ca. 3000 BC-1650 AD
Dimensions
53 x 73 x 17 mm
Object number
NS12877
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Archaeology of the Americas
Description
Net sinkers like this one are fishing tools often made from waterworn cobbles that were notched to facilitate attachment to a fishing net.
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