Preparing bamboo for basketry fish trap making, Akanyakrom, 2022
Preparing bamboo for basketry fish trap making, Akanyakrom, 2022
Description:
Ewe fishermen Maxwell Gbadago (left) and Dzobo Sebastian (right) use knives to remove knots and shape bamboo sticks that they will use in weaving a basketry fish trap. A number of unsplit bamboo stalks await processing. A large blue industrially made fish net is laid out behind where they sit. Akanyakrom, 18 July, 2022.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Akanyakrom (resettled)
Subjects:
Men' s work
Subjects Facet:
Bamboo; Fish traps; Handicrafts; Ewe (African people)
