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Object Number 2017.10.1
Display Title Trapping net
Descriptions
Object Description Trapping net
Inventory Description Net, twisted plant fiber cordage, knotted, attached to wooden stick with right angle
Classification
  • Net
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of net in bundle): 60 × 40 × 1.5 cm (23 5/8 × 15 3/4 × 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2017.10.1
Credit Line Gift of Dale Peterson
Provenance
Collector Karl Ammann (late 1990s)
Donor Donated by Dale Peterson (7/5/2017)

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