Seal Skin Buoy Item Number: E72630-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
LEDGER AND CATALOG CARD SAY SENT TO TROCADERO, FRANCE. 1885, HOWEVER A FLOAT WITH THIS NUMBER IS IN THE COLLECTION.Described p. 102 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Seal-skin Buoy. Skin of hair-seal, small stationary wooden toggle at either end for holding eye-splice of harpoon-line. Small laniards made of fibers of spruce roots, for making fast to other buoys. Indian name, "Do-ko-kuptl." Length, 38 inches. Makah Indians, Cape Flattery, 1883. James G. Swan. Inflated and attached to the harpoon, showing the manner in which the apparatus is used during the capture. A number of buoys being made fast to the whale prevents its progressive motions, thus affording the natives an opportunity to kill it with the lance (72674)."
Item History
- Made in Washington, USA
- Collected in Washington, USA
- Received from James G. Swan on February 12, 1883
What
- Name
- Seal Skin Buoy
- Identification Number
- E72630-0
- Type of Item
- float
Who
- Culture
- Makah
- Received from
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Washington, USA
- Collected in
- Washington, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on February 12, 1883
Other
- Accession Number
- 012690