Fish Trap

37-22-175

From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Sitia Chiefdom

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 37-22-175
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sherbro
Provenience Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Sitia Chiefdom
Section African
Description

For material and construction cf. 37-22-173; for shape cf. -174. The part containing the openingis, like the corresponding part of -173, made of short lengths of midrib fastened at right angles to the long splints, and the funnel is near the edge. Employment like -174, -176.

Height 57 cm
Outside Diameter 23 cm
Credit Line Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number 20 - Collector Number | CG2017-3-16 - Found in Collection Number

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