Fish Trap

82-7-178

From: Thailand | Sakon Nakhon | Ban Dong Yang

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Swong | ซวง | Kra Hut | กระหูด
Object Number 82-7-178
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Thai | Isaan
Provenience Thailand | Sakon Nakhon | Ban Dong Yang
Site Name Ban Dong Yang | บ้านดงยาง
Date Made ca. 1980
Section Asian
Materials Bamboo
Technique Woven
Subject Fishing Equipment
Description

A fish trap in the form of an open ended conical structure, woven only as a support. It is used in flood plain paddies (นาทาม). It is staked along a branch barrier in the path of a water flow. The owner was a Mr. Chanpheng (จันเพ็ง).

Height 23.5 cm
Length 117 cm
Width 19 cm
Credit Line Thai-Lao Ethnographic Expedition, Joyce C. White, 1981
Other Number 037 - Field Number

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