Log with attached hide noose, part of game trap [1925.38.1]. For small stick see [1925.38.1 .2] and for wheel-shaped foot fall see [1925.38.1 .3].

Collection type: Object
Description: Log with attached hide noose, part of game trap [1925.38.1]. For small stick see [1925.38.1 .2] and for wheel-shaped foot fall see [1925.38.1 .3].
Long description: Log with attached hide noose, part of game trap [1925.38.1]. The log has been cut to length with an axe. It is mostly covered with bark, but this has become flakey. One end has a deep groove, bound around this is a large hide noose. The noose is made of twisted hide. For small stick see [1925.38.1 .2] and for wheel-shaped foot fall see [1925.38.1 .3]. [SM 09/11/2007]
Geographical reference: Ghana
Africa > Western Africa > Ghana; North
Cultural groups: Konkomba
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Lillian Decima Moore-Guggisberg
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1925
Date collected: By 1925
Acquisition information: Donated: 1925
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material String Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Twisted, Process Looped, Process Tied, Process Bound
Dimensions: Width: max 125 mm, Length: max 694 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1925.38.1.1
Research and responses: According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decima_Moore 'While her husband was a colonial governor, she served her country as Honorary Exhibition Commissioner for the Gold Coast at the British Empire Exhibition (1923–26)' [AP 08/04/2014]