Object number
2022/116/1-3
Collection
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Description
Three examples of willow petals which form the non-returnable valve inside an eel trap, between sections. Made by Ernie James after 1994.
Three examples of willow petals which form the non-returnable valve inside an eel trap, between sections. Made by Ernie James after 1994.
Physical description
3 willow sticks : wood
Archival history
Email Donor to MERL, 17 July 2019 - ‘Parcel One: The small one. // 1. A wooden former, for a Fenland eel trap of the Ernie James type. It was made by him and given to me by him in 1994, when I was helping him make material (splitting and shaving willow) for one of his last traps. This was part of a QEST Scholarship see below. // 2. A ‘Chair’ (spelling guessed at but that was how it sounded) of willow petals which form the non-returnable valve inside the trap, between sections. It is very fragile but does show how that was made. From a trap made by Ernie James in the early 1990’s. // 3. Some of the carved willow petals, made to show me how he did them in 1994.'
Production place
Welney
Production date
1994 - 1999
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
- Length 190 mm
- Length 160 mm
- Length 135 mm
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