Hand fishing net - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 27110 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 203.00 GNETACEAE Gnetum scandens | Entry Book Number | 5.1902 | |
| Artefact Name | Hand fishing net | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Hand fishing net | Geography Description | Andaman Islands | ||
| Uses | Hand fishing netUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Large shelving | Related Items | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Hand fishing net, made of the fibre of Gnetum scandens, Roxb. Constructed by women and girls who catch large quantities of fish and prawns with it, both in streams and among rocks along the coast at low tide. The frame is made of a length o, f a creeper known to them as Orta-tat, the ends being bound together to form a handle.x0Dx0APart of Plants + People exhibition Museum No 1, Kew. May 1998 to May 2016. | ||||