Fish Net

The tthumo is of knotless netting, made over a spiral foundation of palm leaf midrib splints. When the netting is completed, the result looks like an oval basket. The splints are then broken up and pulled out through the meshes, leaving a baglike net. The edges are then fastened to an oval wooden hoop, to the middle of both sides of which a string is fastened to preserve the oval shape. See 37-22-179. The larger tthumo are handled by two women, who use them as scoop nets in the tidal swamps or in the shallow water by the shore.