Context (References)
cf A similar float is illustrated in a sketch in Margaret Donne's unpublished thesis, Teacher Training, Bedford College, p. 52.
A photocopy of the page is held in the Collections History file.
Event Date
Author: rachel hand

Context (Acquisition Details)
1979.511- 1979.652: Collection of Rev. A.R.D. Simpson from the Upper Congo River 1923-54. Probably mostly Olombo and Topoke (forest) tribes; possibly some Lokele (river). See file on Simpson Collection for details. Some of the catalogue cards for this collection are under Zaire unprovenanced, 1 is under E. Asia unprovenanced, etc. See Accessions Book for other provs. C. Ellis, S. Pepper, M. Donne, M. Roberts (daughters).
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for 1979.608 A-B reads: '2 lightweight pieces of wood apparently carved as netting shuttles. Some sort of fishing apparatus, at least, per Ellises.
NB. Notes added to catalogue card in pencil, 'fishing floats' and 'for illustration see history file'.'
Event Date 1979
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Broken at one end.
Event Date 6/11/2001
Author: Annie Tomkins

Description (Physical description)
Wooden fishing float, possibly used as a netting shuttle. Carved from very lightweight wood. Oval body with one narrower end (broken) and one wider roughly rectangular end with two triangle cut outs.
Event Date 17/11/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins