Fishnet "Mbembei"
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: DARK BROWN, LOOSE OPEN WEAVE FISH NET MADE OF "KOWEI" (HIBISCUS STERCULIAEFOLIUS) IS WOVEN OVER WIDELY-SPACED FRAME OF CANE STICKS. BEFORE USE, STICKS WOULD BE BROKEN & REMOVED. FEMALE WEAVEER. SEE MANUSCRIPT PP. A-D; 85-94. SEE CATALOG 427490. SEE CATALOG PP. 5, 18, 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: E427489-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fish Net
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 27 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 33 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 29 cm