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1891.58.5

Net with needle and tortoise shell mesh gauge.

1891.58.5

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Collection type
Object
Description
Net with needle and tortoise shell mesh gauge.
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Milne Bay
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source S.G. Fenton and Company
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1891
Date collected
By 1891
Acquisition information
Purchased: 12/1891
Materials and processes
Material Net Textile, Material Tortoiseshell Reptile, Process Netted
Dimensions
Length: max 440 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1891.58.5
Research and responses

Probably S. Fenton of Cranbourne St, Leicester Square, London WC. [LM 8/2/2000] [GI 17/3/2000]

Search terms: Textile, Tool, Fishing, Hunting, Net, Netting Tool, Needle Sewing Equipment, Hunting accessory, Fishing Accessory