Vai Women's Fishing Nets: What are they Made of?
By J. Rufus Paul, Guest Contributor

Published:  11 March, 2008

One sunny day in a fishing settlement in Robertsport, Grand Cape Mount County, I encountered this woman with her fishing nets. Awed by the art of weaving these locally made materials, I sought to ask the lady from what were they made and how were they made. She patiently stopped and began to explain to me what I exactly wanted to know. The lady told me that the nets were fabrics drawn from new offshoots of leaves on palm trees. These fabrics, she said, are bundled into threads, which are carefully knitted.

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