Fish caught by “plunger” method. Baskets are set us as traps for small fish during flood season. Branches are from the omululu bush and are bound with palm leaves. Branches from the omuse bush are also used for frame.
Donor:
University of California African Expedition
Collection place:
Namibia
Verbatim coll. place:
Kuanyama Ambo
Culture or time period:
Kuanyama Ambo
Collector:
Edwin M. Loeb, Ella-Marie Loeb, and University of California African Expedition
Collection date:
Spring 1948
Materials:
Palm leaf (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fish traps
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1949
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34a: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 16, 1964–March 25, 1966), S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965), and S1981-1982 #25: de Saisset Museum (Santa Clara Univ.) (December 11, 1981–April 1, 1982)