Frog Hook

82-7-112.2

From: Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Bun Mi

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Bet Kop | เบ็ดกบ
Object Number 82-7-112.2
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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