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Metadata
Object ID |
54.216 |
Object Name |
Fish trap |
Other Name |
Fish wiere (miniature) |
Culture |
Inupiat |
Material |
Vegetal/Wood |
Description |
Miniature fish trap. Main piece is constructed of long wood sticks with 7 wooden rings wrapped around diameter to secure tube shape; cone shaped insert at one end constructed of wood sticks. |
Dimensions |
W-75 L-290 cm |
Found |
North America; United States; Alaska; Golovin Bay |
Provenance |
Originally collected in Golovin, Alaska in the 1890s by Mrs Dora Bunker (nee Melsing), wife of Alaskan miner George Bunker. Donated to Stanford by Mrs George Henry Boos in the early 1950s. Henry Boos was born in Alaska in 1899 but the relationship between the two families is unclear. |
Collector |
Bunker, Mrs. George |
Collection |
Anthropology; North America; Arctic/Subarctic |
Search Terms |
North America United States Alaska Inupiat Fish Fishing Arctic |