Fishery products
1. Fish, shrimps and crabs.
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Dam Fishing

(Baka Pygmies of Cameroon,
Gabon and Congo)
Photos, texts and audio recordings
by Luis Devin
Following page:
Net Fishing
Soundscape: flowing river in the African rainforest.
Log dam in a stream
Pygmy woman gathering fish
2. Construction of the dam with logs, leaves and mud.
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3. Gathering of fish and shellfish on the bed of the stream.
Pygmy elderly laying a log in the dam
4. Construction of the log dam.
Pygmy girl searching fish and shellfish
5. Search of fish, shrimps and crabs
in burrows on the banks of a stream.
Go to the page: Rainforest rivers and streams
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Pygmy girl with a basket of fish
6. Dam fishing products,
in a woven plant fiber basket.
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Eel lying on the ground
7. Eel caught in a rainforest stream.
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Dam fishing among Baka Pygmies, with photos and ethnographic notes
(Baka Pygmies of Cameroon, Gabon and Congo).
Materials: 7 photos, 1 audio recording, descriptive notes, texts.
Page URL: http://www.pygmies.org/baka/dam-fishing.asp

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