- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Fishing net with string around edge. [MJD 15/06/2009]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Robert Henry Codrington
- Field collector Melanesian Mission
- PRM source Robert Henry Codrington
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1888
- Date collected
- By 1888
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1920
- Materials and processes
- Material Net Textile, Material String, Process Netted
- Dimensions
- Width: max 150 mm, Length: max 270 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1920.100.218
Search terms: Fishing, Net, Fishing Accessory
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