Fish Trap

82-7-209

From: Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Thung Fon

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Sai Nga Diao | ไซงาเดียว
Object Number 82-7-209
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 | Nylon
Technique Basketry
Subject Fishing Equipment
Description

A fish trap with a long woven tube with one opening. It has a uniform tube shape until 2/3 of the way up to the top. The shape then bulges out and becomes narrow again. There is a pocket-like structure near the bulge. It is placed inside a contraption in a stream to funnel fish into a fish trap which is called a Ton (ต้อน). It is used in paddies.

Length 132.08 cm
Outside Diameter 33.02 cm
Credit Line Thai-Lao Ethnographic Expedition, Joyce C. White, 1981
Other Number 134 - Field Number

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