Fishing Trap
37-22-176
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Curatorial Section: African
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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