Eel Trap (Tubung)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Oct 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1987 - 1988
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Rosemary Gianno
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Rosemary Gianno
notes: label: Notes
content: TUBULAR SHAPED BASKET W/ WIDE MOUTH. BASKET TAPERS DOWN AND HAS WIDE MIDDLE ANDHAS WIDE MIDDLE AND NARROW END. NARROW END OF BASKET IS STUFFED CLOSED WITH DRIED GRASS. BASKET COMPOSED OF 13 PIECES OF BAMBOO RUNNING LENGTHWISE W/ RATTAN STRAPS WOVEN BETWEEN. SINGLE STRAP OF RATTAN TIED TO EITHER ENDS OF OUTSIDE OF EEL TRAP. WITHIN TRAP'S MOUTH ATTACHED AT 3 PLACES W/ RATTAN IS BASKETRY FUNNEL. FUNNEL CONSISTS OF 13 PIECES OF BAMBOO LENGTHWISE W/ RATTAN WOVEN BETWEEN. LAST 1/4 OF BAMBOO LENGTH IS UNCOVERED AND MAKE SMALL OPENING. ACCORDING TO ROSEMARY GIANNO (COLLECTOR) OBJECT IS "FOR CATCHING EELS (IWA BLUT). EELS GO IN BUT CAN'T COME BACK OUT AGAIN. USE PRAWNS OR ROTTING COCONUTS FOR BAIT. THE SMALLER HOLE AT THE END HAS TO BE PLUGGED UP WITH GRASS WHEN USED IN ORDER TO KEEP THE EELS FROM ESCAPING. MADE FOR USE. NEW. STAYS LENGTHWISE - BAMBOO. THESE ARE HELD TOGETHER WITH RATTAN STRIPS (HUWI L?L?Q OR HUVI SSAH)" COLLECTED NOVEMBER 17, 1987 AND MADE SOMETIME IN 1987. SEE GIANNO 1986A AND 1986B IN ACCESSION FILE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Krui, West Coast Of Lampung Province, Sumatra, Indonesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Lampungese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 385313
label: USNM Number
content: E428836-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fish Trap
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 41 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 12 cm