Fish Trap "Bumbui"
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: DOUBLE CHAMBERED, CONICAL TRAP IS MADE FROM THIN, FLAT STRIPS OF MID-RIB OF SWAMP PALM LEAFLET "RAPHIA GRACILIS" & "KOWEI" (HIBISCUS STERCULIAWFOLIUS) STRING. HAS A ROUND FLAT BASE WHERE TO ONE SIDE, STRIP ENDS CONVERGE INWARD TO FORM 1ST OPENING. MIDWAY THROUGH IS ANOTHER FLAT LEVEL W/ ENDS CONVERGING INWARD TO FORM 2ND OPENING. OPENING AT TOP IS OF CONVERGING ENDS W/ AN ATTACHED STRING. MALE ARTISAN MADE THESE FOR MEN. PALM USED IS KILI OR RAFFIA GRACILIS. SEE MANUSCRIPT PP. 103-112, CATALOG PP. 18, 21-22.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Jaiahun, 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: E427485-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fish Trap
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 66 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 20 cm