Object name: Trap / Object class: Fish traps / Culture or time period: Arctic cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Trap, accession number TB-37, described as Fish trap model small. Double cones. Inside cone 12cm (L), spiral twig lashed to straight sticks. Small inside cone has 1.5cm opening in small end.

Hearst Museum object titled Trap, accession number 2-72097, described as Fish Trap, Eskimo, made of wood strips, cone-shaped and bound in spiral from bottom to top with hand-cut strips of wood. On inside of trap is another smaller conical wooden implement with spiral woodstrips and hole in center top. (See Drawing; Object 2-72096)

Hearst Museum object titled Trap, accession number 2-6421, described as Spruce, elongated cone with funnel shape entrance at larger end, lashings wound spirally around circumference from small end to mouth. In mouth of trap is conical mouthpiece (small end broken). Carved stick for handle attached to mouth of trap. Made with spruce root and shoots.

Hearst Museum object titled Trap, accession number TB-38, described as Fish trap model fragment. Possibly a door for a trap. Five straignt wooden sticks (2 at each end and one in the center) lashed to 9 smaller straight sticks with a 2 ply twisted grass loop tied to one corner.

Hearst Museum object titled Trap, accession number 2-2108, described as Spruce, elongated cone with funnel shape entrance to larger end, lashings wound spirally around circumference from small end to mouth. In mouth of trap is conical mouthpiece attached to square framework with fence leading from mouth of trap. Made of spruce root and shoots.

Hearst Museum object titled Trap, accession number TB-40, described as Fish trap model fragment. Eight horizontal sticks lashed to alternating above and below 14 smaller and longer sticks with one end fanning out.

Hearst Museum object titled Trap, accession number TB-36, described as Fish trap model, small model or inside portion of another model. Megaphone shaped open work made by lashing a spiraling one piece twig around 30 separate sticks. Approximately half run the entire length of the trap and the others are inserted at the midpoint to provide support as the trap flares out.

Hearst Museum object titled Trap, accession number 2-6387a-c, described as (a) Fish trap model with (b) fence and (c) pendant fish. (a) Spruce, oblong slat and hoop construction. (b) Fence from trap: wood slats and crosspieces attached to long piece of wood. (c) Pendant fish which has come loose from tie in trap, other fish still attached. Made with spruce root and shoots.

Hearst Museum object titled Trap, accession number 2-2105, described as Inner section, conical mouthpiece with fence attached which would be inserted in mouth of fish trap, spruce, lashings wound spirally around circumference from small end to mouth. Made of spruce root and shoots.

Hearst Museum object titled Trap, accession number 2-18001, described as Fish trap part, inner section. Spruce, slat, and hoop construction. Lashings wound spirally around circumference from small end to mouth. Made from spruce root and shoots.