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Object Number 35-36-60/1835
Display Title Set of bird snares used in catching wild jungle-fowl alive
Descriptions
Inventory Description Snare, carved wood handle, wood, metal? and string snares, resin coated
Classification
  • Snare
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Lao?
  • Laotian Thai?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Thailand
Additional Geographic Terms Indochina, North: San Mahapon
Dimensions Overall: 33 x 19.4 x 2.5 cm (13 x 7 5/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-36-60/1835; 121

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