Net bag made from string, tied tightly at one end and left open at the other. The opening can be closed using a drawstring. Two short strings of tubular shell beads are attached to the side of the object. A printed exhibition label accompanying the object reads: 'HAND NET, made and used by women and girls, who catch fish and prawns in the streams, and along the coast at low tide.'
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