- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Trap for birds made from an 'L' shaped strip of bamboo and a plant fibre string snare. [SM 19/11/2007]
- Cultural groups
- Rengma Naga
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1930
- Date collected
- 10 August 1930
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1930
- Materials and processes
- Material Bamboo Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material String Plant, Process Split, Process Twisted, Process Bent, Process Knotted
- Dimensions
- Width: max 124 mm, Length: max 163 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1928.69.1262
Search terms: Hunting, Trap, Hunting accessory
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