West Africa, Liberia (Kpelle) -- Knotting a Small Fishnet
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.137; E00736
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)
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content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (7 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1963
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film: shows the production of a small hand net used for fishing for crabs in standing, shallow water. A woman gathers oil palm leaves and strips them of the leaf material so that only the stems remain. These stems are made into a durable cord which is then braided into a fishing net.
Legacy Keywords: Liberia ; West Africa, Liberia ; Africa; Kpelle