Fish trap

Title

Fish trap

Description

Round fish trap made of brown woven rattan

Creator

Unknown

Rights

© Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Provenance

Donated to the museum by "O. Lotichius" (presumably Otto Lotichius) in 1931. Until 02/2025, O. Lotichius was not mentioned and the receipt of the object was recorded as purchase in the database. However, the inventory book clearly indicated a donation by O. Lotichius.

Place of Creation

Seram (Central)

Collector

Date collected

1911

Physical Dimensions

73,5 cm (18,5 cm in diameter top; 5cm in diameter bottom)

Materials

Rattan

Collecting Institution

Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Inventory Number

27221

Collection

Citation

Unknown, “Fish trap,” The Mailopu Archive - Markus Mailopu and the II. Freiburg Moluccan Expedition, accessed December 30, 2025, https://www.mailopu.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/omeka/items/show/339.

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