Otter Net
29-10-52
From: Canada | Quebec | Maniwaki
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-10-52 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Algonkin |
| Provenience | Canada | Quebec | Maniwaki |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Locus | Reservation 6 miles south of Maniwaki |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Babiche |
| Description | These are spread across a creek which is frequented by otters. The net is weighed with stones at the bottom and held up- right by the attached floats, it is fastened to two stout posts driven into opposite banks of the creek. The otter becomes entangled in the net and is drowned. |
| Length | 196 cm |
| Width | 127 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Frederick Johnson (#1-93) / Gift of Frank Speck (#94-99), 1929 |
| Other Number | 17 - Other Number |
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