Trap

Museum number:
TB-38
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21tb0000038
Description:
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.
Collection place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fish traps
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 12 centimeters and width 9 centimeters
Comment:
Similar to 2-2761 through 2-2763
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 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 2 of 2 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.

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