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1943.4.39

Fishing net with shell sinkers and wooden floats.

1943.4.39

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Collection type
Object
Description
Fishing net with shell sinkers and wooden floats.
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Massim Trobriand Islands D'Entrecasteaux Islands Woodlark Islands Louisiade Archipelago
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Magdalen College School
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1943
Date collected
By 1943
Acquisition information
Donated: 1943
Materials and processes
Material Shell, Material Wood Plant, Material Net Textile, Process Netted
Dimensions
Length: max 210 mm bundled
Object numbers
Accession number: 1943.4.39

Search terms: Fishing, Fishing Accessory, Net