fish basket (container (hunting, fishing & trapping))

Oval fisherman's head basket with lateral extension at each end formed by the slats of wood. Interwoven with the slats are cane strips, which are thicker in the centre and thin nearer the ends. The edge of the oval is made by a branch of wood, bound with cane.
label: blue with black type

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
28.9.55/10
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 70 mm x 795 mm x 340 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
plant fibre
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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