Trap. Made from bamboo. [AB [OPS move] 26/9/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Trap. Made from bamboo. [AB [OPS move] 26/9/2017]
Long description: Trap. Made from bamboo. There is a cylindrical length of bamboo with a slit perforation in the side, passing through this and emerging at a right-angle are two strips of bamboo bound together at one end, one is tied with string at the other end. Attached to these two pieces is a bow-like strip of bamboo, at its distal end it is notched with a narrow strip of bamboo tied to it. This narrow strip is fixed at its other end to the hollow bamboo tube. [AB [OPS move] 26/9/2017]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Konyak Naga
Person: Field collector John Henry Hutton; PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1923
Date collected: By 1923
Acquisition information: Donated: 1923
Materials and processes: Material Bamboo Plant, Material String, Process Carved, Process Tied, Process Notched, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Depth: max 31 mm, Width: max 450 mm, Length: max 1367 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.84.890

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