Demonstration of a Handmade Scoop Net for Fish Traps

An ethnographic video by Marie-Annick Moreau, last updated on 2026-06-03. Turo demonstrates a handmade scoop net called 'njechele' or 'tinindi', showing its construction from vine and thread and its use for collecting fish inside a trap chamber. The dataset is a 32.0 KB EAF file, likely containing video annotation data.

Use Cases

• Analyzing tool construction techniques based on the description of materials (vine and store-bought thread)
• Studying indigenous terminology and knowledge based on the mention of the net's names ('njechele', 'tinindi')
• Documenting fishing methods based on the described scooping motion for collecting fish in a trap

Strengths

• File size is precisely 32.0 KB.
• Has a specific Creative Commons license (CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0).
• Author attribution is provided (Marie-Annick Moreau).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset's 32.0 KB size indicates a very limited scope, likely a single video annotation file.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Likely a recorded cultural demonstration.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 12:17:31; freshness should be verified.