Hunting Net

This is a hunting net for catching animals such as deer. It is larger and stronger than a fishing net. It is called a kpebomei in Mende. It was donated to the Sierra Leone National Museum in 1972, having been obtained from Molunga, Gbanbatoke Chiefdom, Moyamba District by Barbara Harrell-Bond, an anthropologist who was then conducting research in Sierra Leone.

Further Information

• Type: Hunting, fishing
• Object: Hunting Net
• Materials: Vegetable, organic fibre
• Culture Group: Other
• Dimensions: Unknown
• Production Date: Pre 1962
• Associated Places: Molunga, Gbanbatoke Chiefdom, Moyamba District
• Associated People: Barbara Harrell-Bond
• Museum: Sierra Leone National Museum
• Accession Number: SLNM.1991.01.06

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