Item X 5141 Net. Wakaya. Specific locality unrecorded, Desert East, Northern Territory, Australia. pre 1899

Summary

The net is made with vegetable fibre string and the knotted stitching gives it strength. It is recorded as having been used for fishing, but was most likely stretched across a wide area for catching small game.

Physical Description

A long narrow net made of vegetable fibre string using a knotted stitch.

Significance

This is a relatively rare example of a net for catching small game or birds. It was amongst a large collection purchased by the museum in 1899 from Frank Gillen, who arrived in central Australia in 1875.