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Bird trap, set up in small trees.
Bird trap, set up in small trees.
Object Number 22-2-50/B3453
Display Title Bird trap, set up in small trees.
Descriptions
Object Description Bird trap, set up in small trees. string or vine is held by individual who pulls it when bird gets beneath loop.
Inventory Description Trap, bird trap?, picket-shap'd piece of wood, perf, strip of veg fiber attach
Classification
  • Trap
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 33.7 x 5.5 x 2 cm (13 1/4 x 2 3/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 22-2-50/B-3453

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