Fishing Trap
37-22-172
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 37-22-172 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Sherbro |
Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood | Fiber |
Description | Spindle-shaped, made [twined work] of splints from palm leaf midrib, with a trap-door of same material actuated by a baited spring. Set in tidal swamp. See 37-22-174. |
Height | 67 cm |
Outside Diameter | 17 cm |
Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
Other Number | 26 - Collector Number |
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