Kaviagmut / Cape Nome, Norton Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
1880
Notes:
FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT.1; PL. LII-22; P.126. 1/83 SITES INUA LOAN WOOD; HIDE; SEAL HAIR (?), BEADS. LOAN: U.S.I.A. INUA JUN 24 1988. ILLUS.: INUA CATALOGUE. USIA 1988, PL. 43, P.33. LOAN RETURNED DEC 28 1990."
This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
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=572 , retrieved 12-28-2021; see web page for additional information: Net float, Inupiaq. This wooden float for a seal net is in the shape of a seal's head, with large blue beads to represent its eyes and caribou hair inserted to show the bristles on its muzzle. Nets are strung under the sea ice or in open water leads where seals are swimming. Wooden floats support the nets and also serve as hunting charms, to draw the animals near.
