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pig catcher

The pig catcher consists of a wooden stick bent into a loop. A coarse-meshed net made of plant fibres is attached to this loop.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
tools
Dimensions
General: 2 × 38 × 94.5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood; plant fibre carved; rope work
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D12924
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D12924

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1893
    where
    D'Entrecasteaux Islands
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Kapitän Rohde - Former Possessors
    Kapitän Rohde - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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