Trap Gauge, Charm - P1017A | Collections

Object Number:	P1017A
Current Location:	Collections Storage
Culture:	Iban
Provenience:	Borneo Sarawak Saribas River
Section:	Oceanian
Materials:	Wood
Length:	51.5 cm
Credit Line:	Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898

Description

For setting trap. Dark wood stick with a human figure carved at one end. Tutum rusa. According to Hose, used when setting a trap, armed with a sharp spear, for catching pig and deer. "A curious practice of the Ibans on setting such a trap is to measure the appropriate height of the spear by means of a rod surmounted with a carving of a human figure." "The trapper carries a stick one end of which is carved to represent the human form. He uses this to measure the appropriate height of the traps set for animals of different species."

Bibliography:

[Book] McDougall, William, and Hose, Charles. 1912. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo.. London. Macmillan and Company. Type Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Vol. I, p. 145 and Fig. 23	View Objects related to this Type Citation
[Book] McDougall, William, and Hose, Charles. 1912. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo.. London. Macmillan and Company. Type Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Vol. II, p. 127 and Fig. 83	View Objects related to this Type Citation