Fish Trap
82-7-126
From: Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Om Kaeo
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Sum | Sum Plaa | สุ่มปลา |
| Object Number | 82-7-126 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Thai | Isaan |
| Provenience | Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Om Kaeo |
| Site Name | Ban Om Kaeo | บ้านอ้อมแก้ว |
| Date Made | 1900-1981 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Rattan | Bamboo | Basketry |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Narrow hooped fish trap made of bamboo sticks with a hole on top. Used by repeatedly and quickly thrusting down into shallow water until the swishing of little fish is felt. The fish are then gotten through the top. |
| Height | 62 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 45 cm |
| Credit Line | Thai-Lao Ethnographic Expedition, Joyce C. White, 1981 |
| Other Number | 119 - Other Number |
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