Basket For Catching Fish In Shallow Water (Tsohm)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1896
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William L. Abbott
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ARM HOLE IN TOP OF CARVED WOOD. TENT SHAPED OF TAPERING BAMBOO STRIPS, COLORED BLACK. THE STRUCTURAL PARTS ARE THE BODY AND THE ARMHOLE. THE LATTER HAS STRUCTURALLY TWO PARTS, THE UPPER RIM, FOR REACHING DOWN FOR FISH ON THE INSIDE AND THE SHOULDER, BELOW THIS FOR THE ATTACHMENT OF THE CAGE WORK. THE POINTS OF THE BODY WARPS ARE FITTED AROUND THIS SHOULDER NICELY AND HELD CLOSELY THERE WITH A ROW OF TWINED WEAVING IN FINE CORD. AT PROPER PLACE ON THE INSIDE ARE WOODEN HOOPS. THE UPPER AND LOWER HAVE NOTHING REMARKABLE ABOUT THEM AND ARE HELD IN PLACE WITH FINE RATTAN SPLITS TIED ABOUT EACH WARP WITH SIMPLIFIED MALAY KNOTS. BUT THE MIDDLE HOOP IS LARGER IS NEATLY FITTED ON SHOULDERS MADE AT THE NODES OF THE CANES FROM WHICH THE WARPS WERE SPLIT, AND IS HELD IN PLACE FIRMLY WITH SIMILAR KNOTWORK. AT THE LOWER ENDS OF THE WARPS ARE TWO ROWS OF TWINED WEAVING AND AT THE TOP A NARROW AND A WIDER BAND OF BRAIDWORK ON THE OUTSIDE AND PLAIN WRAPPING ON THE INSIDE."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Trong, Thailand, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Siamese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 031341
label: USNM Number
content: E176056-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fishing Basket