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  • Object number
    59/155
  • Description
    This is a man trap, used to deter poachers and trespassers. It has a spring-activated toothed clamp which would snap shut around the victim's leg. Man traps first came into use in England in the second half of the eighteenth century, and were made illegal in England in 1827.
  • Physical description
    1 man trap: metal; good condition
  • Object name
    Trap, man
  • Material
    Metal
  • Associated subject
    Poaching
    HUNTING : trapping
  • Associated person/institution
    Delomosne & Son Ltd. (Agent)
  • External document
    • L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_2826.tif - High resolution image
    • L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_2827.tif - High resolution image
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