Fish trap

Museum number:
18-1611
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4506
Description:
Fish trap, reed, plaited, funnel shaped; narrow end reenforced with wood splint; vertical elements left exposed on wide end; used in large rice fields to trap small eels and fish
Donor:
Eric Crystal and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Indonesia
Verbatim coll. place:
Indoneisa, South Sulawesi Province: Sa'dan Toraja culture area
Collection date:
July, 1991
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fish traps and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Fish trap, accession number 18-1611, described as Fish trap, reed, plaited, funnel shaped; narrow end reenforced with wood splint; vertical elements left exposed on wide end; used in large rice fields to trap small eels and fishHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Fish trap, accession number 18-1611, described as Fish trap, reed, plaited, funnel shaped; narrow end reenforced with wood splint; vertical elements left exposed on wide end; used in large rice fields to trap small eels and fish
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fish trap, accession number 18-1611, described as Fish trap, reed, plaited, funnel shaped; narrow end reenforced with wood splint; vertical elements left exposed on wide end; used in large rice fields to trap small eels and fish

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