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1886.1.779.8

Bird snare of whalebone and wood. [LM 26/11/2007]

1886.1.779.8

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bird snare of whalebone and wood. [LM 26/11/2007]
Long description
One end of a whalebone strip is tied around the end of a wooden tube; the other end passes through the tube, forming a running noose. The size of the noose is controlled by a wooden peg tied part-way up the whalebone strip. The bird would enter the noose to eat bait, and on trying to fly away would pull against the peg and be caught. [LM 27/11/2007]
Cultural groups
Inuit (Greenland)
Inuit
Date / Period
Date made: On or before 1826
Date collected
?On or before 1826
Acquisition information
Transferred: 11/03/1886
Materials and processes
Material Whale Bone Animal, Material Wood Plant
Dimensions
Length: max 450 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.1.779.8 Other numbers: 358 744 - 763
Research and responses

Please note that there was no further information about Beechey on the Donor Index cards at the Ashmolean Museum, Department of Antiquities. [L.Ph 23/3/2004]

Search terms: Hunting, Hunting accessory, Trap

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