(reproduction) of fishing kite: a) long-handled wood reel, b) kite, 87 cm L. F.C. 1.1 “To carry fish line beyond surf so fisherman can stay on land. According to the Cooke-Daniels Expedition Register, these kites were used to catch garfish. They were inteneded to be flwn from a canoe. A line is supposed to hang from the tail (line missing in our ex.) ending in a pad of spider’s web whih is jerked along the surface of the water and in which the fish’s teeth become entangled.” See B.A.L. Cranstone, Cultures of Melanesia.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua Region
Verbatim coll. place:
Oceania, Melanesia, Trobriand Islands
Materials:
Bamboo (material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1972
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1985-1986 #47: Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale Univ.) (April 1, 1986–July 31, 1986), S1985-1986 #48: Jagiellonian University, Poland (October 1, 1986–March 31, 1987), S1985-1986 #49: Warsaw Museum of Asia and the Pacific (1987–1987), S1985-1986 #9: Arizona State Museum (September 20, 1985–February 7, 1986), and S1995-1996 #16c: SFO Museum (August 26, 1996–unknown)