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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