Fish trap model. Conical shape 2 pieced trap of spruce and spruce root (?) binding. 1st piece: circular mouthed, tied to 2nd piece; 2nd piece: circular mouthed with continuous spiral of wood holding vertical splints together with binding. End of binding is loose.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Upper Yukon River, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska, Upper Yukon, Northern Athapascan attr.
Culture or time period:
Northern Athapaskan tribes
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
1894-1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fish traps
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Noted in accession file as having been exchanged with Harvard Peabody Museum.