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Object Number 37-32-50/2412
Display Title Net - part of woman's fishing gear (cf. 50/2411)
Descriptions
Object Description Net - part of woman's fishing gear (cf. 50/2411)
Inventory Description Net, vegetable fiber netting attached w/ vegetable fiber to stick bent into hoop
Classification
  • Net
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern: Mbalmayon, vicinity of
Dimensions Overall: 47.6 x 46 x 3.7 cm (18 3/4 x 18 1/8 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-32-50/2412

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Basket - part of woman's fishing gear (cf. 50/2412)
37-32-50/2411 Basket - part of woman's fishing gear (cf. 50/2412)
Raw Material
Basket
Cameroon
Woman's fishing net of string with reed frame
41-53-50/5430 Woman's fishing net of string with reed frame
Net
Liberia
Woman's fishing net of string with reed frame
41-53-50/5429 Woman's fishing net of string with reed frame
Net
Liberia
Fish net used by children for fishing or in a net & ball game.
15-36-10/86426.2 Fish net used by children for fishing or in a net & ball game.
Net
British Columbia
Fish net used by children for fishing or in a net & ball game.
15-36-10/86426.1 Fish net used by children for fishing or in a net & ball game.
Net
British Columbia
Fishing net
09-33-70/75444 Fishing net
Net
Matty Island
Wuvulu Island
Rope fishing net used in 1906
40-53-60/8424 Rope fishing net used in 1906
Net
Lop Nor
Married woman's skirt (second best) of grass and old net string
64-18-70/4398 Married woman's skirt (second best) of grass and old net string
Net
Indonesia
Papua New Guinea
Fishing net
11-43-30/82944.2 Fishing net
Net
Guyana
British Guiana
Dip net
27-56-70/D2772 Dip net
Net
Village of Kowel
Bundle of fishing lines constituting fishing gear - hooks of iron and porcupine
37-32-50/2477 Bundle of fishing lines constituting fishing gear - hooks of iron and porcupine
Float
Cameroon
Model of fishing net. Kokoa - net; Mwala - stone; Skalanje - dorks; Chichili - s
49-14-50/8347 Model of fishing net. Kokoa - net; Mwala - stone; Skalanje - dorks; Chichili - s
Net
Nyasaland