Salmon Trap at Suck

Artist Paul Kane (Canadian, 1810 - 1871)

Date1847

Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper

Dimensions5 3/8 x 9 inches (13.7 x 22.9 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.78.26

ClassificationsPaintings

Label Text"We ascended the river about a mile to an Indian fishing station called Suck. The whole breadth of the stream is obstructed by stakes and open work of willow and other branches, with holes at intervals leading into wicker compartments, which the fish enter in their way up the river from the sea. Once in they cannot get out, as the holes are formed with wicker work inside shaped something like a funnel or a wire mouse-trap. In this preserve they are speared without trouble when required, and the village has thus a constant supply of food." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter XV

ProvenanceArtist; by descent to his grandson, Paul Kane III [1889-1958], Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; purchased September 17, 1957 through (Edward Eberstadt & Sons, New York, New York) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art

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