Fish trap

Object Details

Kpelle artist

Label Text

Fish traps, which vary in size, are specialized baskets designed with an interior hollow that allows fish to swim in, but not out. Relatively small baskets such as this one would be used in streams and creeks.

Description

Flat cane strips, cylindrical shaped fish trap with slightly narrowing center, tapering to point, funnel opening into interior cone trap.

Provenance

US Agency for International Development, collected Liberia, before 1966 to 1969

Exhibition History

Currents: Water in African Art, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., June 2016-ongoing

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Credit Line

Gift of The Agency for International Development

Mid-20th century

Object number

69-11-20

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Reed

Dimensions

H x W x D: 19.5 × 86.5 × 20.5 cm (7 11/16 × 34 1/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

Geography

Liberia

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National Museum of African Art Collection

Exhibition

Currents: Water in African Art

On View

NMAfA, Third Level Corridor

National Museum of African Art

Topic

Hunting/Fishing

male

Record ID

nmafa_69-11-20

Metadata Usage (text)

Usage conditions apply

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys77b021651-f126-401e-b5d9-0b8f782d4611