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Start Over Donor Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake Function 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 9-17909, described as arrows, bamboo, bundle; bundle of 14 bamboo arrows points are sharpened, split palm spathes in ends; bundle tied with plant fiber; arrows probably used for hunting small game such as birds
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 9-17230, described as Wickerwork; squat with bottleneck and single loop rattan handle woven into body.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 9-17231, described as Wrist protector. Straw; tubular; flared; diagonally plaited with twine weave at edges; double layered at wrist end. Wrist protector used when emptying fish trap. Protector from small poisonous snakes and biting fish, etc. May be pair with 9-17232. CHECK
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 9-17232, described as Wrist protector. Straw; tubular; flared; diagonally plaited with twine weave at edges; double layered at wrist end. Wrist protector when emptying fish trap. Protector from small poisonous snakes and biting fish, etc. May be pair with 9-17231CHECK
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 9-17217, described as Basket. Wickerwork; squat with bottleneck and loop rattan handle woven through body. Used for fish bait.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 9-17276a,b, described as Basket for carrying fish. Wickerwork; body (a) has four wooden legs woven in on square bottom bottlenecked; reinforced rim with rattan; two small rattan handles woven in sides, attached by red fiber string. Top (b) is circular woven cane work with ends drawn together to for weir opening; cane wickerwork reinforcement.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 9-17225a,b, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket: fish trap, accession number 9-17277, described as very delicate possibly used for shirmp or prawns. Fish trap. Long, narrow, flexible open weave body; ends are open; one opening unravelled. Lg. 40 cm., diam. 10 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 9-17229a,b, described as Basket with lid. Wickerwork; squat body (a) with incurve near top; bottom has added external stich; extra ring of twisted material around incurve; lid (b) is circular and attached by thin rope looped through the center with the ends poked through body and basket and tied in knots. Japan (countryside). Fish bait basket. Diam. 12.5 cm., Ht. 11 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Cross bow, accession number 9-17911, described as stock; stock from cross bow made of hard wood, reddish stain; trigger is separate piece tightly fitted into rest of stock; cloth strip through trigger

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