Trap model

Museum number:
2-4415
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-561 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wood base with enclosure at one end and dowels set into base.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Kotzebue Sound, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kotzebue Sound
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Rawhide
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Traps (trapping equipment)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Fox trap. The original trap is made of snow on which water is poured to freeze it well together. The entrance is made of wood.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 21.8 centimeters
Comment:
Second original no. = Neumann 293 (?) "Note: 2-4626 may be Neumann 293 (number on base looks like 293.)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Trap model, accession number 2-4415, described as Wood base with enclosure at one end and dowels set into base.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Trap model, accession number 2-4415, described as Wood base with enclosure at one end and dowels set into base.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Trap model, accession number 2-4415, described as Wood base with enclosure at one end and dowels set into base.

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