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Fishing angle. Oroche

Title:

Fishing angle

Ethnic groups:

Oroche

Territory:

Ussuri Krai, Soviet harbor, village Khutu-Data

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Arseniev Vladimir K.
Material:

Metal; wood; fibers (bast); threads: cotton (rope)

Dimensions:

length of rod 20.5; length of angle 7.0

Number:

РЭМ 1870-32

Annotation:

Consists of a shaved wooden stick, with a flat metal end piece inserted into its lower end and secured with threads. A thick bast fishing line is fixed with threads along the stem. Both river and sea was caught. One of fishing techniques was with angle gears. Such angles were very strong and able to hold a big fish.

Albums:
“... You can rely on me”: Vladimir Arseniev’s collections in the Russian Museum of Ethnography
Rus:
Крючок рыболовный. Орочи