Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
99.21.045
Accession#:
99.21
Credit Line:
Donated by Mary Ann Parke.
Object Name:
Trap
Title:
Jaw Type Animal Trap, 1 1/2 D, w/Anchoring Chain
Date:
1940
Description:
Coil spring jaw type animal trap. Jaw diameter 4.5 inches. 2 inches by 2 inches release plate attached to 0.625 inch by 5 inch base plate. 0.25 inch by 1.75 inch release clip attached to end of base plate. Two 1.5 inch coil springs attached to base plate and arms that close trap jaws. Anchor chain attached to trap with steel pin, 16 inches overall. 2 inch steel wire ring attached to end of chain. Chain links approximately 12 gauge steel wire. Trap jaws 0.875 inch at maximum width. Secondary jaws attached underneath main jaws, following arch of main jaws, are length of approximately upper half of main jaw arch and approximately 0.25 inch in width. Trap jaws have no teeth.
Notes:
Collected and preserved by Thomas S. Parke.
Collected in northern SE Alaska, likely from abandoned homestead, fox farm, mining property or just found in woods. Part of trap collection of T. S. Parke.
Search Terms:
Subsistence
Trapping
T&E
Land Animal
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