fishing-net

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Object Type
Museum number: 2017,Q.248
Description: Fishing-net made of knotted vegetable fibre.
Production ethnic group
Production date: 19thC
Production place: Made in: Niue
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Niue
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 122.50 centimetres; Width: 34 centimetres; Depth: 8 centimetres
Curator's comments: Old disintegrating tied-on label: Fish net from Niue/or Savage Island/from the bark of a/tree called/"fumanaela[?]"/Gill AF Dup This label has not been removed and is placed in a plastic cover.
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: late 19thC (Likely donated through Franks sometime between 1876 and 1893.)
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: 2017,Q.248

Free entry