Model Fish Wheel

Name/Title

Model Fish Wheel

Entry/Object ID

67.6.1

Description

Model Fish wheel painted green made of wood and chicken wire. Rectangle base with large circular wheel in the middle that rotates, wheel is covered in chicken wire. Fish wheels were used in the columbia for salmon fishing.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Diorama

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Model

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Dimensions of Base and wheel seperate.

Height

31-1/2 in

Width

26 in

Length

6 ft

Diameter

6 ft

Circumference

18-13/16 ft

Dimension Description

Height of base and wheel together.

Height

62-1/2 in

Materials

Material

Wood, Metal

Material Notes

Model made of wood. Base is wood and wheel is wood with chicken wire.

Colors

Color

Green

Color Notes

Entire model painted forest green.