- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Fishing net made of coconut fibre stitched onto a wood stick bent into a loop. [MJD 20/05/2009]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1936
- Date collected
- By 1942
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1936
- Materials and processes
- Material Coconut Fibre Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Bark Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Bent, Process Netted, Process Stitched, Process Tied
- Dimensions
- Width: max 247 mm, Length: max 490 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1942.1.177 Other numbers: 40
Search terms: Fishing, Net, Fishing Accessory
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