Bird snare.

Collection type: Object
Description: Bird snare.
Long description: Bird snare: a noose of plaited horsehair wrapped with split quills at one end. For fixing to the end of a long rod and passing over the heads of fulmars and gannets.
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Cultural groups: Scottish
Person: Field collector H.M. Wallis; Field collector Henry Marriage Wallis; PRM source H.M. Wallis; PRM source Henry Marriage Wallis; PRM source Charles Oldham
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1889
Date collected: 15 August 1889
Acquisition information: Donated: 1931
Materials and processes: Material Horse Hair Animal, Material Bird Quill, Process Split, Process Plaited
Dimensions: Length: max 230 mm as looped
Object numbers: Accession number: 1931.62.1

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