Fish trap model fence: (a) wooden fish trap fence of spruce splints with spruce root binding; horizontal splints broken and cracked in several places; (b) 2 twined cord with looped and knotted ends (was attached to fence).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Upper Yukon River, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
; Upper Yukon
Culture or time period:
Northern Athapaskan tribes
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
1894-1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Fish trap model. With real traps, the fences are placed as a guide to lead fish into trap. Fences are secured to stream bed, and lead out to shore.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— 43.5 centimeters and (b)— length 15.5 centimeters
Comment:
References: "The Eskimo About Bering Strait," Nelson, William, p. 184. "U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology," 18th Annual report. Noted as having been exchanged with Harvard Peabody Museum.