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1938.36.931

Wooden netting tool. Long, narrow netting-needle with pointed ends. The upper and lower faces are carved to form concave voids. Two small triangular sections are cut away, one from either end. There is a perforation next to end cut out. [CW [OPS Move] 12/4/2017]

1938.36.931

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wooden netting tool. Long, narrow netting-needle with pointed ends. The upper and lower faces are carved to form concave voids. Two small triangular sections are cut away, one from either end. There is a perforation next to end cut out. [CW [OPS Move] 12/4/2017]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Morobe Province Tewai-Siassi District Umboi Island [Rook Island]
Person
Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood
PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period
Date made: Before 05/1937
Date collected
May 1937
Acquisition information
Donated: 1938
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions
Depth: max 12 mm, Width: max 15 mm, Length: max 582 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.36.931 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 874

Search terms: Tool, Fishing, Textile, Netting Tool, Fishing Accessory

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