Fish Trap
82-7-178
From: Thailand | Sakon Nakhon | Ban Dong Yang
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Swong | ซวง | Kra Hut | กระหูด |
| Object Number | 82-7-178 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Thai | Isaan |
| Provenience | Thailand | Sakon Nakhon | Ban Dong Yang |
| Site Name | Ban Dong Yang | บ้านดงยาง |
| Date Made | ca. 1980 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Bamboo |
| Technique | Woven |
| Subject | Fishing Equipment |
| Description | A fish trap in the form of an open ended conical structure, woven only as a support. It is used in flood plain paddies (นาทาม). It is staked along a branch barrier in the path of a water flow. The owner was a Mr. Chanpheng (จันเพ็ง). |
| Height | 23.5 cm |
| Length | 117 cm |
| Width | 19 cm |
| Credit Line | Thai-Lao Ethnographic Expedition, Joyce C. White, 1981 |
| Other Number | 037 - Field Number |
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