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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