Object class: Baskets by technique / Donor: University Appropriation / Function: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 9-13659, described as basket; fish; open weave plaited bamboo; collector watched these being made by old man selling fish and fishing paraphenalia. Greatly overcharged but seller would not dicker on this specimen. Used for storing fish, possibly suspended in water; also for carrying fish; used by vendors and in restaurants.

Hearst Museum object titled Creel, accession number 2-61987, described as With hinged lid, square base. Lid damaged by the square hole in the center. Made of brown ash; checker plaited.

Hearst Museum object titled Fiber quail cage, accession number 5-6043, described as Quail cage rush-like fiber hexagonally plaited; tear-drop shape; flat base; loop handle; h. 37 cm.; dia. 21 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Fiber quail cage, accession number 5-6037, described as Quail cage; twisted fiber hexagonally plaited; tear-drop shape; flat base; loop handle; h. 36 cm; dia. 20 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Fish trap, accession number 18-1611, described as Fish trap, reed, plaited, funnel shaped; narrow end reenforced with wood splint; vertical elements left exposed on wide end; used in large rice fields to trap small eels and fish

Hearst Museum object titled Trap, accession number 18-1099, described as fish trap: cylindrical fish trap made of strips of bamboo of rattan-like fiber twined together. Context of use: Used to catch prawns primarily, also fish. Set in any water 2-3 feet deep, wings built at mouth. Used by men. This trap is made in the style of the Jerantut Malay, a group living about 80 miles upriver. The maker of this trap lived in Jerantut for about 20 years before moving to Pesagi.