Join line in the body of a basketry fish trap

Detail of the square knot tied to end row eight (abulɔlɔ) of weaving on a basketry fish trap (exa). Row eight is woven with rope made from dried, twisted and pounded vine (adzɔ ƒoƒo), with each bamboo stick in the row separated by a single twist in the rope. Below the knot in row eight is a loop of dried, twisted but unpounded vine rope(adzɔ) that wraps around and binds the double sticks that form the edges of the woven trap body. This rope wraps around and behind the two sets of double sticks along the trap's edges and binds them together, after which it was used to weave row nine. Unpounded rope is used for this binding because it is stronger than pounded rope. Akanyakrom, Banda District, Ghana.