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1938.36.877

Scoop fishing net, consisting of net on circular cane frame.

1938.36.877

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Collection type
Object
Description
Scoop fishing net, consisting of net on circular cane frame.
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Morobe Province Sialum
Cultural groups
Yabem
Person
Field collector Leigh Grant Vial
PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1937
Date collected
By 1937
Acquisition information
Donated: 1938
Materials and processes
Material Net Textile, Process Netted
Dimensions
Diameter: max 508 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.36.877 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 820
Research and responses

Related Documents File - See file for: 'LIST OF OBJECTS COLLECTED FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE HUON PENINSULA BY L.G. VIAL, PATROL OFFICER. April - May 1937.' [MOB 19/12/2001]

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