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Fish-trap. 



Model. Made of spruce-root splints; cone-shape; one funnel. 

 Length, 25J inches; diameter at large end, 7£ inches. Bristol 

 Bay, Alaska. 55,899. Collected by C. L. McKay. 



Fish- trap. 



Model. Made of spruce-root splints; cone-shape; one funnel. 

 Length, 20 inches. Yukon Island, Alaska, 49,062. Collected 

 by E. W. Nelson. 



Fish-trap. 



Full size; made of small branches of willow tied together with 

 Manila yarn ; half-round shape ; funnel at large end. Length, 

 44 inches ; width at large end, 19 inches. Indians of Califor- 

 nia, 1880. 39,496. Collected by Prof. D. S. Jordan. 



Wicker fish-pot. 



Used by the Indians of California. Vicinity of San Francisco. 

 Prof. D. S. Jordan. 39,474. 



Fish-trap. 



Model. Made of spruce-root splints; cone-shape; one funnel. 

 Length, 18 inches ; diameter at large end, 6 inches. Norton 

 Sound, Alaska, 32,987. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Wicker fish-pot. 



Model, scale 1 inch to foot. Made of soft-wood splints ; heart- 

 shape. St. Martin's, West Indies. 1,754. Collected by H. 

 O. Claughton, U. S. A. Used at Southern Florida and the 

 West Indies for fishing in from five to fifteen fathoms of water. 



Spruce root splints. 



Used by natives of Alaska in making fish-traps. Lower Yukon 

 River, Alaska. 49,095. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



White-oak splints. 



Cut in thick and thin strips about four feet long; used for making 

 eel-pots. Vineyard Haven, Mass., 1876. 25,017. Gift of Capt. 

 Josiah Cleveland. 



Wicker eel-pot. 



Three funnels. Used about Martha's Vineyard. Vineyard Haven, 

 Mass. 25,014 (a). Capt. Josiah Cleveland, maker. 



Eel-trap. 



Fall size ; made of wooden slats ; three compartments ; entrance at 

 either end, made of cotton socks. Length, 43 inches ; width. 



