Model fish trap

Museum number:
5-15745
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Alternate number:
S-23
Accession number:
Acc.4613
Description:
Fish trap, model, bamboo; "Valentine" heart shaped. with entrance funnel near cleft at top; woven strips in open work pattern, held together with fiber (poor condition); width circa 36.0 centimeters X height circa 13.5 centimeters.
Donor:
Burton Benedict
Collection place:
Mahe Island, Seychelles Islands, Eastern Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Anse La Mouche
Collector:
Burton Benedict
Collection date:
1960 & 1974-75
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Models (representations)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
December 10, 1993
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Model fish trap, accession number 5-15745, described as Fish trap, model, bamboo; "Valentine" heart shaped. with entrance funnel near cleft at top; woven strips in open work pattern, held together with fiber (poor condition); width circa 36.0 centimeters X height circa 13.5 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Model fish trap, accession number 5-15745, described as Fish trap, model, bamboo; "Valentine" heart shaped. with entrance funnel near cleft at top; woven strips in open work pattern, held together with fiber (poor condition); width circa 36.0 centimeters X height circa 13.5 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Model fish trap, accession number 5-15745, described as Fish trap, model, bamboo; "Valentine" heart shaped. with entrance funnel near cleft at top; woven strips in open work pattern, held together with fiber (poor condition); width circa 36.0 centimeters X height circa 13.5 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Model fish trap, accession number 5-15745, described as Fish trap, model, bamboo; "Valentine" heart shaped. with entrance funnel near cleft at top; woven strips in open work pattern, held together with fiber (poor condition); width circa 36.0 centimeters X height circa 13.5 centimeters.

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