Bird Trap
82-7-121
From: Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Chiang
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Tang Ban | ต่างบาน | ตังบาน |
| Object Number | 82-7-121 |
| 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 | Mai Kung | Nylon | Wood | Bamboo | Wire | Thread |
| Subject | Trapping Equipment |
| Description | A bird trap used to catch birds with a decoy. It catches medium sized birds and insect eating birds such as an owl (นกเค้า), kingfisher (นกเต็น, นกกระเต็น), or an Indochinese roller (coracias affinis, นกขาบ). The nets for a trap like this were traditonally made of cotton thread but this one is nylon. The owner was a Mr. Daeng Phumsikaeo (แดง ภูมิศรีแก้ว). |
| Height | 74 cm |
| Length | 71.5 cm |
| Width | 58.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Thai-Lao Ethnographic Expedition, Joyce C. White, 1981 |
| Other Number | 035 - Field Number |
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