Trap model

Museum number:
2-4416
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004416
Alternate number:
x-562 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Rectangular wood base with projecting wood dowels.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Leather, Rawhide, and Sinew (material)
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:
Neumann's catalogue: "model of otter trap; a represents logs etc. used by the Indians instead of the remain, which has been fixed there to make the model work.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 25.3 centimeters and width 7.8 centimeters
Comment:
Second original no. = Neumann 239.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Trap model, accession number 2-4416, described as Rectangular wood base with projecting wood dowels.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Trap model, accession number 2-4416, described as Rectangular wood base with projecting wood dowels.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Trap model, accession number 2-4416, described as Rectangular wood base with projecting wood dowels.

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