Fish Trap

Object/Artifact

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

Fish Trap

Entry/Object ID

E-4

Description

A fish trap made from plant fibers.

Use

A bottle fish trap. They typically have a funnel opening that leads to the trap so that fish cannot escape, and are generally weighted.

Context

Mostly used by women to catch fish and shrimp. They would hide the trap in shallow water, under leaves and branches were shrimp are known to hide. Once filled, the women would dive down to retrieve the filled trap.

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Ethnography
Anthropology

Acquisition

Accession

73.4.4

Made/Created

Time Period

20th Century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

French Polynesia

Culture/Tribe

Tahitian

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Web Links and URLs

Overview of Tahiti

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

This fish trap does not come with the wooden weight, which is a completely separate object. A mistake was made during photography. This trap is a single object on its own.