Fish line

Museum number:
18-1079
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3313
Description:
Fish line: cord with bamboo or rattan shafts, nylon leaders, and metal hooks. Five shafts, five leaders, five hooks. Tied in suitable location. Baited with shrimp, fruit (”buah ara,” Fucus) or grasshoppers. Used in water 5 feet - 6 inches deep. MAde and used by men. All materials bought except hook shafts. Formerly cords of rattan. (cost in U.S. dollars: 83 cents). Shafts length 34.2 cm.
Donor:
Donald H. Lambert and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kampung Pesagi, Pahang, Malaysia
Culture or time period:
Malaysian
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fish line, accession number 18-1079, described as Fish line: cord with bamboo or rattan shafts, nylon leaders, and metal hooks. Five shafts, five leaders, five hooks. Tied in suitable location. Baited with shrimp, fruit (”buah ara,” Fucus) or grasshoppers. Used in water 5 feet - 6 inches deep. MAde and used by men. All materials bought except hook shafts. Formerly cords of rattan. (cost in U.S. dollars: 83 cents). Shafts length 34.2 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fish line, accession number 18-1079, described as Fish line: cord with bamboo or rattan shafts, nylon leaders, and metal hooks. Five shafts, five leaders, five hooks. Tied in suitable location. Baited with shrimp, fruit (”buah ara,” Fucus) or grasshoppers. Used in water 5 feet - 6 inches deep. MAde and used by men. All materials bought except hook shafts. Formerly cords of rattan. (cost in U.S. dollars: 83 cents). Shafts length 34.2 cm.

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