Detail View: The AMICA Library: Fish Trap
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AMICA ID:
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BCM_.43.4.15
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AMICA Library Year:
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2003
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Description:
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A small twined splint fish trap with double valves; alternately overlapping wrapped splints at base extend outward to form round sides and open mouth; splints wrapped at mouth and with four reinforcing hoops around body; mouth valve of inward pointing splints in cone shape with a second cone-shape valve near base.
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Creator Nationality:
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African
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Republic of the Congo
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Title:
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Fish Trap
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View:
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Full view
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Creation Date:
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Early 20th century
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Creation Start Date:
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1900
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Creation End Date:
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1943
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Materials and Techniques:
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Plant fiber
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Classification Term:
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Traps
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Creation Place:
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Republic of the Congo, Africa
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Dimensions:
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Length: 9 1/4"; width: 4 1/8"
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AMICA Contributor:
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Brooklyn Children's Museum
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Owner Location:
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Brooklyn, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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43.4.15
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Mrs. Carl Steffens, 1943
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Rights:
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Context:
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Basketry fish traps of various sizes occur in many areas of Africa. The valved trap allows the fish to enter but prevents its exit.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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BCM_.43-4-15.tif
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