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Japanese Fishing Boat Buoy


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      Date: 1920 -

Description: An iron base consisting of round container for holding the battery with a removable lid that is sealed down with a screw cock. An unreadable inscription in a square on the lid. Two cut electrical wires still attached to base. From the base there is an attached frame covered in white string rising to a glass light.with a brass base and frame containing a globe. The whole could float upright and is presumed to be a marker buoy for fishing nets. Found on the Flinders Island coast

Format: realia
Object: buoys
Material: iron;  steel

Titles:
Japanese Fishing Boat Buoy

Subjects: buoys

Institution: Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc.

Object number: FHR_00265

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