man-trap

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Object Type
Museum number: Oc,+.3419
Description: Man-catcher (part of) formed of a stout cane bent round and the ends tied together with rattan, and having two pointed pieces of palm wood projecting into the loop.
Production date: 19thC(late) (before 1886)
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Fly River (?)
Materials: cane; rattan; palm wood
Curator's comments: Register slip comment: (the handle has been cut off) near Fly River? ACH [view of A C Haddon]
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1886
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Oc,+.3419
Additional IDs: CDMS number: Oc1886C2.3419 (old CDMS no.)

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