Trap

Museum number:
16-13253
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Accession number:
Acc.2295
Description:
Trap for shrimp; a) Y-shaped wood branch with cotton stretched across arms and bound; length is 24.7 centimeters. b) narrow reed with steel pin at one end; cotton binding both ends; length is 28.5 centimeters. c) wood cylindrical point, sharp at one end, cotton thread attached to other; length is 9.7 centimeters.
Donor:
David H. Eichorn
Collection place:
San Felix marketplace, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela
Collector:
David H. Eichorn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fish traps
Accession date:
1967
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Loans:
S1973-1974 #14: Berkeley High School/David H. Eichorn (September 12, 1973–October 12, 1973)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Trap, accession number 16-13253, described as Trap for shrimp; a) Y-shaped wood branch with cotton stretched across arms and bound; length is 24.7 centimeters. b) narrow reed with steel pin at one end; cotton binding both ends; length is 28.5 centimeters. c) wood cylindrical point, sharp at one end, cotton thread attached to other; length is 9.7 centimeters.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Trap, accession number 16-13253, described as Trap for shrimp; a) Y-shaped wood branch with cotton stretched across arms and bound; length is 24.7 centimeters. b) narrow reed with steel pin at one end; cotton binding both ends; length is 28.5 centimeters. c) wood cylindrical point, sharp at one end, cotton thread attached to other; length is 9.7 centimeters.

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