Palm-leaf midrib trimmer float with line attached. Section of palm-leaf midrib with piece of cord wrapped around. [MJD 26/05/2009]

Collection type: Object
Description: Palm-leaf midrib trimmer float with line attached. Section of palm-leaf midrib with piece of cord wrapped around. [MJD 26/05/2009]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Massim
Person: Field collector Sydney Douglas Burrows; PRM source Mrs M.O. Burrows; PRM source Mrs Gordon Canning
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1933
Date collected: 1933
Acquisition information: Donated: 1933
Materials and processes: Material Palm Leaf Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Twisted, Process Tied, Process Bound
Dimensions: Length: max 180 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1933.18.56
Research and responses: A trimmer is a form of float 'A float of cork, wood, etc., to which a line, with baited hook, is attached; used on lakes and ponds for taking pike; (b) a peg surmounted by a reel on which the line is wound, driven into the bank of a stream for the same purpose; a bank-runner' [OED online] [AP 8/8/2000]