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Kelp Line (Coil)16/2140

THE KWAKIUTL OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. BOAS, FRANZ MEMOIRS, 8, 1909

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
kelp
Made in
Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Whaling Line2014-35/13
fish line reel1927.1734 . 176371

« A flat, narrow, and roughly worked piece of birch wood, concave at either selvage end, served as a reel for fishing line. A length of two-ply twine is wrapped around the reel (fig. 3f). » Vanstone, James W. "The Speck Collection of Montagnais Material Culture from the Lower St. Lawrence Drainage, Quebec." Fieldiana. Anthropology. New Series, No. 5 (October 29, 1982), p.7, fig 3f (p.31).

Culture
Ilnu, Montagnais and Innu
Material
not stated on card
Made in
Pekuakami, Lac Saint-Jean, Lake St. John, Labrador, Canada
Holding Institution
The Field Museum
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Fishhook (Repaired) With LineE/1878 A
Bear Strangling CordE395281-0
Carrying String (Nimaban)E395280-0
Beaver Carrying Strap (Ankwan)E395279-0