Fish Trap Item Number: 3489/27 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Small, cylindrical fish trap with flaring lip, tapering to a smaller base. Inner cone, attached to top edge with braided plant fibre, extends to middle of trap. Trap base is made of wood, sides are made of thin strips of rattan(?). Base secured to trap with knotted plant fibre, forming an "X" shape. Cone is open on both sides, sides are made of identical thin strips of rattan(?). Strips on trap and cone are tied together, at intervals, with braided plant fibre. Trap structure formed with outer coils of rattan(?). Two coils are along the top edge, two coils along the bottom. Knotted plant fibre cord on back of trap, between the upper two coils, for movement purposes. Cone structure formed with inner coils of rattan(?).
Acquired by the donor in 1976-1978, when he lived and worked in Sabah, on the island of Borneo, as a volunteer with CUSO International.