Bow Trap
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Jul 1931
name: label: Donor Name
content: Museum Of Academy Of Sciences Leningrad
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: ""'Cherkan' - a snare for small game." Made on the principle of a cross bow. Made of willow - leather cord."
label: Notes
content: Identified as a bow trap, by Zinaida Ivanova, Arctic Institute of Culture and Arts, Yakutsk, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia Federation, 11-7-2012.
label: Notes
content: Reference: Ivanova-Unarova, Zinaida, 2017. Siberian Collections in the U.S. Museums. Yakutsk. Object is identified there: Trap. Charkan. 19th century. Wood, hide. Dimensional, piercing carving, attaching. L.: 37.5. A bow with a thick leather bowstring is tied through holes to a long rectangular frame using leather ropes. A baltyhakh weight drawn on the bowstring is resting against a lateral small trigger stick. A small wooden tongue is attached to the upper part of the frame using a small leather strap. The trap is used for catching small animals.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Dec 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Aldan & Lena Rivers Area, Siberia, Russia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yakut (Sakha)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 103666
label: USNM Number
content: E352219-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow Trap
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 37.5 cm