Trap Gauge

Charm

P1017D

From: Borneo | Sarawak | Saribas River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P1017D
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Iban
Provenience Borneo | Sarawak | Saribas River
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood
Description

For setting trap. Dark wood stick, undecorated and sharpened at one end. Tutum rusa. According to Hose, used when setting a trap, armed with a sharp spear, for catching pig and deer. "A curious practice of the Ibans on setting such a trap is to measure the appropriate height of the spear by means of a rod surmounted with a carving of a human figure." "The trapper carries a stick one end of which is carved to represent the human form. He uses this to measure the appropriate height of the traps set for animals of different species."

Length 80.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898

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