Conical fish trap - Specimen details

Conical fish trap - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 99424

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Plant Name 187.00 PALMAE Raphia farinifera Entry Book Number 9.2016
Artefact Name Conical fish trap Vernacular Name
Iso Country Madagascar TDWG Region Madagascar
Parts Held Conical fish trap Geography Description Tanana (village) Sahamamy, Fkt Morarano
Uses Conical fish trapUse: User: Man TDWG use
Storage Large shelving Related Items
Donor Gardiner, Lauren Donor No
Donor Date 27/07/2016 Donor Notes
Collector Gardiner, Lauren Collector No LGEB25
Collection Notes Collection Date 16/06/2016
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Two part fish trap, shorter section (used to hold trap together for storage) fits inside wider mouth of the large conical piece, narrow end bound closed, structure tied with raphia string and a branch used to prop trap up in flow of stream, fish swim in b, ut cannot swim back out. Trap usually left out overnight and collected in the morning (Lauren Gardiner, pers. comm.). Similar deposited with COL and MO

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