Trap

Museum number:
2-9179
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Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Partial trap. Cylinder. Hollowed section of birch trunk with large notch and smaller perforation in the side at the center.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Northern Athapaskan tribes
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Traps (trapping equipment)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Probably a trap for foxes and wolves.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 14 centimeters and length 29 centimeters
Comment:
cf. similar Eskimo specimen of whale jaw in Nelson, "Eskimo About Bering Strait," P. LI:13. And cf. 2-4412 for complete Eskimo example.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Trap, accession number 2-9179, described as Partial trap. Cylinder. Hollowed section of birch trunk with large notch and smaller perforation in the side at the center.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Trap, accession number 2-9179, described as Partial trap. Cylinder. Hollowed section of birch trunk with large notch and smaller perforation in the side at the center.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Trap, accession number 2-9179, described as Partial trap. Cylinder. Hollowed section of birch trunk with large notch and smaller perforation in the side at the center.

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