Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2002.11.112
Accession#:
2002.11
Credit Line:
Donated by Mary Ann Parke.
Object Name:
Tray
Title:
Woven Bamboo Pelagic Gear Tray
Date:
1970
Description:
Circular, woven bamboo pelagic gear storage tray. Circumference rim of .5—inch diameter bamboo lashed together with dyed grass or rushes — total rim diameter 1.5 inches. Lashing is layered cotton twine. Tray composed of woven bamboo strips fastened along rim. Hook holes in rushes around rim. Nylon twine secures broken bamboo strips in 10 "3 to 9" repairs.
Notes:
Tray beachcombed and preserved by Thomas S. Parke. Found on beaches of northern SE Alaska — possibly Southern Admiralty Island.
Knowledge of use and origin of tray given by Ken Imamura.
Trays are used on Asian fishing boats to store pelagic (probably salmon) longline gear. Line is coiled onto the tray and attached hooks are fastened into the rushes the small holes in the rushes are where hooks were secured. Patterns woven into trays are unique where hooks were secured. Patterns woven into trays are unique to the communities in which they are made. Filled trays are stashed for deck storage.
See 2002.11.113 — salmon longline gear used with these trays.
Vacuumed.
Knowledge of use and origin of tray given by Ken Imamura.
Trays are used on Asian fishing boats to store pelagic (probably salmon) longline gear. Line is coiled onto the tray and attached hooks are fastened into the rushes the small holes in the rushes are where hooks were secured. Patterns woven into trays are unique where hooks were secured. Patterns woven into trays are unique to the communities in which they are made. Filled trays are stashed for deck storage.
See 2002.11.113 — salmon longline gear used with these trays.
Vacuumed.
Search Terms:
fishing
recreation
ethnic diversity
Asian
ethnographic
non—Alaskan
recreation
ethnic diversity
Asian
ethnographic
non—Alaskan
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Woven Bamboo Pelagic Gear Tray
Woven Bamboo Pelagic Gear Tray