Ground squirrel trap «Falge»

Item number according to the museum receipts book:

СМК 64781

Name:

Ground squirrel trap «Falge»

Dating

1930s.

Place of manufacture

Village of Kolb, Franksky Canton, Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

Author, manufacturer

Material

Metal.

Manufacturing technique

Cutting, forging, riveting, soldering.

Dimensions: length, width, height or diameter (L, W, H, D)

Length is 20, width is 7.2.

Description of an artifact

Made of two iron loops connected by a figure eight. The large one is decomposed into two half rings; between those, there is a trigger and a holding bar. A chain and a peg are attached to the smaller one for fixing to the ground.

Source and date of receipt of the museum piece:

Expedition of 1997

Inventory number given the second stage (scientific description) of bookkeeping at the museum

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