Object Details
maker
Showa Co.
Description
Deckhands who work aboard factory trawlers in the Bering Sea and North Pacific are exposed to extremely cold, wet, and sometimes dangerous conditions. They wear protective gear such as hard hats, boots, and waterproof clothing, including heavy-duty vinyl work gloves.
These gloves, worn by a fisherman on the catcher-processor Alaska Ocean in 2007, are personalized with a phrase chosen by their owner, a common practice employed for identifying one’s own gear at a moment’s notice. The words “FISH ON ROCK,” appearing on both gloves, were this man's personal choice, their exact meaning known only to him.
While the sleeves of these gloves are long for tucking in the sleeves of other garments, the deck hands often fold the glove sleeves to fit around their wrists when working in relatively warm, dry conditions.
The Alaska Ocean is a 376-foot-long vessel in the Seattle-based catcher-processor fleet. Workers catch, process, package, and freeze groundfish—mostly pollock and Pacific whiting—in the Bering Sea and in the waters off the coast of the Pacific Northwest.
Credit Line
Alaska Ocean through Jeff Hendricks
date made
ca 2007
ID Number
2007.0178.07
catalog number
2007.0178.07
accession number
2007.0178
Object Name
gloves
Physical Description
polyvinyl chloride (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 11 1/4 in x 6 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 28.575 cm x 15.875 cm x 4.445 cm
Place Made
Malaysia
place made
Malaysia
Related Publication
National Museum of American History. On the Water exhibition website
Related Web Publication
http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater
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Work and Industry: Maritime
Clothing & Accessories
Work
Industry & Manufacturing
Natural Resources
Exhibition
On the Water
Exhibition Location
National Museum of American History
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Fishing
Fishing
related event
Contemporary United States
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1330187