Fish Trap
Name/Title
Fish TrapEntry/Object ID
L2024.3.109Description
Cylindrical, ash splint device with interior woven cone.Use
Trapping fish (eels)Context
This woven ash splint eel trap (missing the basketry cap on the far end) is only the second fish trap from the entire American Abenaki area. The other, now housed in the ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain collections in Burlington was from the Connecticut River Valley.Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Abenaki Cultural ConservancyMade/Created
Date made
circa 1900Place
State/Province
VermontCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaEthnography
Culture/Tribe
Abenaki
Native American