Fish Trap

82-7-192

From: Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Thung Fon

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Tum Li | ตุ้มหลี่ | Tum | ตุ้ม
Object Number 82-7-192
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Thai | Isaan
Provenience Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Thung Fon
Site Name Ban Thung Fon | บ้านทุ่งฝน
Date Made 1900-1981
Section Asian
Materials Bamboo
Subject Fishing Equipment
Description

A fish trap with a square base. The neck of the basket is smaller than the body of the basket. Two sticks crisscross underneath the base. There is an opening smaller than the opening at the top which appears below the neck on the body. The trap is placed on the end of the tube and fish fence (เผือก) in a river or paddie. (This type is smaller than others).

Height 59 cm
Length 26 cm
Width 23 cm
Outside Diameter 32 cm
Credit Line Thai-Lao Ethnographic Expedition, Joyce C. White, 1981
Other Number 140 - Field Number

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