Model Trap Item Number: N2.224 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Sections of thin bamboo laced into a long, conical basket with twined cord Attached around the inside of the open end of the conical basket are short bamboo sections laced together so that they angle towards the centre of the cone; the short segments are angled in such a way that they create a small passage allowing material into the basket, but not out.
History Of Use
Used in streams for small fish and crustaceans.
Item History
- Made in Okinawa, Japan during 1954
- Collected by Wayne Suttles during 1954
- Owned by Wayne Suttles before 1954
- Received from Wayne Suttles (Seller) and University Purchase (Funding source) during 1954
What
- Name
- Model Trap
- Identification Number
- N2.224
- Type of Item
- trap
- Material
- bamboo grass and fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- tied
- Overall
- width 52.5 cm, diameter 12.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Okinawan
- Field Collector
- Wayne Suttles
- Previous Owner
- Wayne Suttles
- Received from
- Wayne Suttles (Seller) and University Purchase (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Okinawa, Japan
When
- Creation Date
- during 1954
- Collection Date
- during 1954
- Ownership Date
- before 1954
- Acquisition Date
- during 1954
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2171/0022