Bird Trap

82-7-246

From: Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Chiang

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Haeo Thong | แฮ้วโถง | Kap Dak Nok | กับดักนก
Object Number 82-7-246
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Thai | Isaan
Provenience Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Chiang
Site Name Ban Chiang | บ้านเชียง
Date Made 1900-1981
Section Asian
Materials Bamboo | Nylon
Subject Trapping Equipment
Description

A bird trap with a base which consists of a flat piece of bamboo with a long piece curving at the top. Three semicircles of bamboo secure nylon string which add tension to the netting. A small bamboo stake hangs off the nylong string. The owner was a Mr. Daeng Phumsikaeo (แดง ภูมิสีแก้ว).

Length 143 cm
Width 70 cm
Credit Line Thai-Lao Ethnographic Expedition, Joyce C. White, 1981
Other Number 045 - Field Number

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