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1906.76.3

Bone model of a gull trap, built in the form of a snow house with model bait and gull on the roof. [El.B 04/11/2011]

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1906.76.3

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bone model of a gull trap, built in the form of a snow house with model bait and gull on the roof. [El.B 04/11/2011]
Long description
Bone model of a gull trap, built in the form of a snow house with model bait and gull on the roof. The bait is a piece of wood representing blubber. In the roof is a hole, covered with a conical plug representing a mound of snow. Both the gull and the snow are made of ivory. Through the hole can be glimpsed a piece of fur, representing the person sitting inside the trap. [El.B 04/11/2011]
Geographical reference
Canada
Northern America > North America > Canada
Nunavut Qikiqtaaluk Region [Baffin Island] Cumberland Gulf
Cultural groups
Inuit (Greenland)
Inuit
Person
Field collector Edmund James Peck
Field collector Church Missionary Society
PRM source Edmund James Peck
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1906
Date collected
By 1906
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1906
Materials and processes
Material Bone, Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Material Metal, Material Animal Fur Skin, Process Carved, Process Nailed
Dimensions
Length: max 255 mm, Height: max 84 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1906.76.3

Search terms: Hunting, Model, Figure, Trap, Hunting accessory, Bird Figure