Trap "Vai Mei"
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: OPEN-WEAVE, CYLINDRICAL BASKET IS MADE FROM CANE FROM MID-RIB OF PALM LEAF & VINE "CERCESTIS AFZELII." HAS ROUND BASE & POINTED ROOF. BASE'S WARP ENDS CONVERGE INWARD TO FORM OPENING. USED FOR BIGGER FISH, ESP. CATFISH. PURCHASED AT AGRICULTURAL FAIR IN BO (NOT NECESSARILY MADE THERE). SEE MANUSCRIPT PP. 103-112. SEE CATALOG PP. 18, 21.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409926
label: USNM Number
content: E427478-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Trap
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 60 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 54 cm