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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