Trap

Museum number:
2-2110
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Spruce, elongated cone with funnel shape entrance at larger end, lashings wound spirally around circumference from small end to mouth, in mouth of trap is conical mouthpiece attached to rec. framework of 4 sticks (one lost) and inserted in larger end of trap where it is fastened on 2 sides by lashings; nose of cone is separate piece lashed to trap. 2 pendant carved fish inside. 5 small pieces broken off including the 2 pendant fish and fence part. Made of spruce root and shoot.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fish traps
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Fish trap.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 63.4 centimeters and length 21 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Nelson, Plate LXX, Fig. 14.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Trap, accession number 2-2110, described as Spruce, elongated cone with funnel shape entrance at larger end, lashings wound spirally around circumference from small end to mouth, in mouth of trap is conical mouthpiece attached to rec. framework of 4 sticks (one lost) and inserted in larger end of trap where it is fastened on 2 sides by lashings; nose of cone is separate piece lashed to trap. 2 pendant carved fish inside. 5 small pieces broken off including the 2 pendant fish and fence part. Made of spruce root and shoot.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Trap, accession number 2-2110, described as Spruce, elongated cone with funnel shape entrance at larger end, lashings wound spirally around circumference from small end to mouth, in mouth of trap is conical mouthpiece attached to rec. framework of 4 sticks (one lost) and inserted in larger end of trap where it is fastened on 2 sides by lashings; nose of cone is separate piece lashed to trap. 2 pendant carved fish inside. 5 small pieces broken off including the 2 pendant fish and fence part. Made of spruce root and shoot.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Trap, accession number 2-2110, described as Spruce, elongated cone with funnel shape entrance at larger end, lashings wound spirally around circumference from small end to mouth, in mouth of trap is conical mouthpiece attached to rec. framework of 4 sticks (one lost) and inserted in larger end of trap where it is fastened on 2 sides by lashings; nose of cone is separate piece lashed to trap. 2 pendant carved fish inside. 5 small pieces broken off including the 2 pendant fish and fence part. Made of spruce root and shoot.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Trap, accession number 2-2110, described as Spruce, elongated cone with funnel shape entrance at larger end, lashings wound spirally around circumference from small end to mouth, in mouth of trap is conical mouthpiece attached to rec. framework of 4 sticks (one lost) and inserted in larger end of trap where it is fastened on 2 sides by lashings; nose of cone is separate piece lashed to trap. 2 pendant carved fish inside. 5 small pieces broken off including the 2 pendant fish and fence part. Made of spruce root and shoot.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Trap, accession number 2-2110, described as Spruce, elongated cone with funnel shape entrance at larger end, lashings wound spirally around circumference from small end to mouth, in mouth of trap is conical mouthpiece attached to rec. framework of 4 sticks (one lost) and inserted in larger end of trap where it is fastened on 2 sides by lashings; nose of cone is separate piece lashed to trap. 2 pendant carved fish inside. 5 small pieces broken off including the 2 pendant fish and fence part. Made of spruce root and shoot.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Trap, accession number 2-2110, described as Spruce, elongated cone with funnel shape entrance at larger end, lashings wound spirally around circumference from small end to mouth, in mouth of trap is conical mouthpiece attached to rec. framework of 4 sticks (one lost) and inserted in larger end of trap where it is fastened on 2 sides by lashings; nose of cone is separate piece lashed to trap. 2 pendant carved fish inside. 5 small pieces broken off including the 2 pendant fish and fence part. Made of spruce root and shoot.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Trap, accession number 2-2110, described as Spruce, elongated cone with funnel shape entrance at larger end, lashings wound spirally around circumference from small end to mouth, in mouth of trap is conical mouthpiece attached to rec. framework of 4 sticks (one lost) and inserted in larger end of trap where it is fastened on 2 sides by lashings; nose of cone is separate piece lashed to trap. 2 pendant carved fish inside. 5 small pieces broken off including the 2 pendant fish and fence part. Made of spruce root and shoot.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Trap, accession number 2-2110, described as Spruce, elongated cone with funnel shape entrance at larger end, lashings wound spirally around circumference from small end to mouth, in mouth of trap is conical mouthpiece attached to rec. framework of 4 sticks (one lost) and inserted in larger end of trap where it is fastened on 2 sides by lashings; nose of cone is separate piece lashed to trap. 2 pendant carved fish inside. 5 small pieces broken off including the 2 pendant fish and fence part. Made of spruce root and shoot.

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