Trap

Museum number:
1-259049
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Accession number:
Acc.4235
Description:
Eel trap. Dark brown openwork twined shoots; inverted cone in center; bent twigs reinforcing; one metal ring at bottom and one on top; broken on sides.
Donor:
Marian Steinbach
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
California tribes and Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
Dave Walker
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Fish traps, and Twined weaving
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Context of use:
Eel trap.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 56 centimeters and diameter 48 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Trap, accession number 1-259049, described as Eel trap. Dark brown openwork twined shoots; inverted cone in center; bent twigs reinforcing; one metal ring at bottom and one on top; broken on sides.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Trap, accession number 1-259049, described as Eel trap. Dark brown openwork twined shoots; inverted cone in center; bent twigs reinforcing; one metal ring at bottom and one on top; broken on sides.

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