Fishing Trap

37-22-176

From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 37-22-176
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sherbro
Provenience Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Section African
Materials Plant Fiber
Description

Funnel-shaped. Twined work. Construction similar to that of 37-22-174, except that the entrance funnel is made separately and the wide end edged with a hoop which is tied to a similar, larger hoop which edges the fish-pot proper. Employment like -174, -175.

Height 65 cm
Outside Diameter 37.5 cm
Credit Line Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number 288 - Collector Number

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