Trap "Knei"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Oct 1996
label: Collection Date
content: 1975 to 1976
name: label: Collector
content: Margaret Sullivan
label: Donor Name
content: Margaret Sullivan
notes: label: Notes
content: NATURAL COLORED OVOID TRAP IS MADE FROM THIN CANES (CAME FROM MID-RIB OF PALM LEAF, VINE "CERCESTIS AFZELII") BENT TO FORM A FOOTBALL SHAPE. SUPPORTED IN MIDDLE BY 2 BANDS MADE OF 2 STICKS SANDWICHING THE FRAME TOGETHER. ONE STICK FROM ONE END BOWED OVER THE OBJECT & HELD IN PLACE BY A VINE THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE SIDE DOOR, MADE FROM 3 WOODEN PIECES LASHED TOGETHER W/ THIN VINE. 2 PIECES OF CANE LASHED VERTICALLY AROUND THE OBJECT W/ A CRISS-CROSSING VINE. THERE'S ANOTHER OPENING TO LEFT OF DOOR. TRAP POSSIBLY USED FOR FISH OR MICE. WON PRIZE AT 1975? BO AGRICULTURAL FAIR WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED. MADE OF CAREFULLY CLEANED CANES FROM PALM STOCK. CAN BE USED ON LAND OR IN STREAM. SEE MANUSCRIPT P. 110.1, CATALOG PP. 18, 21.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Jul 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bo, Bo District, Southern Province, Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mende (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409926
label: USNM Number
content: E427497-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Trap
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 34 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 42 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 13 cm