Frog Hook
82-7-112.1
From: Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Bun Mi
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Bet Kop | เบ็ดกบ |
| Object Number | 82-7-112.1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Thai | Isaan |
| Provenience | Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Bun Mi |
| Site Name | Ban Bun Mi | บ้านบุญมี |
| Date Made | 1900-1981 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Bamboo |
| Subject | Trapping Equipment |
| Description | Long, thin, bamboo sticks with string and iron hooks tied on. It is baited with earthworms and placed along dikes but baited to hang in the air, not down in the water like a fish hook (เบ็ดปลา). It catches frogs at night. |
| Length | 65.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Thai-Lao Ethnographic Expedition, Joyce C. White, 1981 |
| Other Number | 221 - Field Number |
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