Shrimping net. The net consists of a wooden stick which has bent into an oval shaped frame with another wooden stick attached with cane strips through the middle, acting as a cross stave. The fine meshed string net is attached to the wooden frame. [SB [OPS Move] 16/6/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Shrimping net. The net consists of a wooden stick which has bent into an oval shaped frame with another wooden stick attached with cane strips through the middle, acting as a cross stave. The fine meshed string net is attached to the wooden frame. [SB [OPS Move] 16/6/2017]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Person: Field collector Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1930
Date collected: October 1930
Acquisition information: Donated: 1942
Materials and processes: Material String, Material Wood Plant, Material Cane Plant, Material Net Textile, Process Netted, Process Bound, Process Basketry
Dimensions: Depth: max 31 mm frame, Width: max 332 mm frame, Length: max 642 mm frame
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.926 Other numbers: 100108 14

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