Fish Trap
82-7-178
From: Thailand | Sakon Nakhon | Ban Dong Yang
Curatorial Section: Asian
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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