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Model of Wagenia Fishing Installation on the Kongo River
$818.34
£615.06
€690
CA$1,133.82
A$1,232.42
CHF 659.73
MX$14,897.06
NOK 8,313.92
SEK 7,667.59
DKK 5,256.26
About the Item
This is a tourist model of a Wagenia fishermen installation made out of wood, wire and small stones. The model stands on a wooden base; on the front you can read “Pecherie Wagenia” which is French for Wagenia Fishery at the edge of Kisangani by the rapids that collectively make up Stanley Falls. For over two hundred years, these fishermen have been fishing the rapids by building scaffolding over the rapids out of bamboo and using that scaffolding to lower wooden nets into the water along the rapids. The Wagenia village still operates on a tribal system virtually disconnected from the city it closely neighbors. They have a village Chief who manages the ownership of each of the nets. The way it works is that each family in the village has their own net, and, at the end of the day, that family will get to keep the fish that end up in the net. There are more lucrative positions on the rapids, so village politics and shifting positions of power determines a family’s location in the system.
- Dimensions:Height: 9.45 in (24 cm)Width: 13.78 in (35 cm)Depth: 6.7 in (17 cm)
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- Seller Location:Leuven , BE
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