Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

COYOTE TRAP

Date

1917

Materials

STEEL

No. Pieces

2

Height

10

Length

25

Width

14.5

Description

1. TRAP: STEEL FRAME WITH A STRONG SPRING ON EITHER END. SPRINGS HOLD SMALL SQUARE FRAME HOUSING TWO STEEL ARMS THAT ACTS AS TRAP. AT BASE IS SQAURE PANEL ATTACHED TO LEVER. TWO SMALL CLASPS HOLD FRAMES DOWN WHEN TRAP IS SET. ATTACHED TO TRAP MECHANISM IS A BENT LINK CHAIN 50CM LONG WITH STEEL RING AT THE END. TRIGGER PANEL HAS STAMPED INTO IT "EASY SET SQUARE GRIP NO. PAT. APPD. FOR MADE IN U.S.A. TRIUMPH TRAP CO. INC." TRAP IS EXTREMELY CORRODED. 2. TRAP: SIMLIAR TO 1. BUT THE SPRING MECHANISM IS ON THE INSIDE OF FRAME. AS WELL THE GRIPS HAVE STUB REMNANTS OF SPIKES WHICH HAVE BEEN BROKEN OFF. FRAMES WHICH HOUSE GRIPS ARE ROUNDED AT THE END. INSTEAD OF CHAINS THIS TRAP HAS THREE LENGTHS OF WIRE LINKED LIKE A SURVEY CHAIN WITH THREE LINKS OF CHAIN BETWEEN EACH SECTION. TRIGGER PANEL HAS STAMPED INTO IT "KANGAROO PAT. AUG. 28/1917 PAT. PEND. NO. 4 MADE BY TRIUMPH TRAP CO. INCORP.". TRAP IS VERY WORN AND DIRTY WITH MUCH CORROSION.

Subjects

FISHING & TRAPPING T&E

Historical Association

AGRICULTURE

SPORTS

History

TRAPS WERE USED BY DONORS TO CATCH COYOTES EACH SPRING.

Catalogue Number

P19940035003

Acquisition Date

1994-11

Collection

Museum

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