Snake trap, habu

Museum number:
9-23162
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Accession number:
Acc.4789
Description:
small narrow woven tube woven in plaiting pattern, ending in a tail like point. made of adan leaf: adan ha saiku アダン葉細工 handicraft from Adan leaves. possibly model or toy.
Donor:
Dai Williams, Estate of Karin Nelson, and Karin Nelson
Collection place:
Taketomi Island, Yaeyama Islands, Ryukyu Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Take Tomijima, Okinawa
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Dai Williams
Collection date:
March 1, 1996
Materials:
Plant fiber (adan ha saiku アダン葉細工 handicraft from adan leaves)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing and 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
March 20, 2012
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— width 0.5 inches, whole— depth 0.5 inches, and whole— length 16.5 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Snake trap, habu, accession number 9-23162, described as small narrow woven tube woven in plaiting pattern, ending in a tail like point. made of adan leaf: adan ha saiku アダン葉細工 handicraft from Adan leaves. possibly model or toy.

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