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Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands
Figure 155.—Fowl trap, a, set trap: 1, bent sapling acting as spring; 2, cord tied to end of sapling, with cross stick acting as trigger (3), and opened out below into noose (4); 5, arched stick stuck in ground; 6, crossbar at back of hoop a little above ground and kept in position by tension of trigger stick which rests behind it and upper part of arch; 7, three trip sticks resting on crossbar at one end and on ground at other; 8, bait, b, 1, sapling for spring; 2, cord; 3, trigger stick; 4, p…
Figure 155.—Fowl trap, a, set trap: 1, bent sapling acting as spring; 2, cord tied to end of sapling, with cross stick acting as trigger (3), and opened out below into noose (4); 5, arched stick stuck in ground; 6, crossbar at back of hoop a little above ground and kept in position by tension of trigger stick which rests behind it and upper part of arch; 7, three trip sticks resting on crossbar at one end and on ground at other; 8, bait, b, 1, sapling for spring; 2, cord; 3, trigger stick; 4, proximal end of running noose.