Weaving the tongue of a basketry fish trap

Ewe fishermen are in the process of weaving the tongue (exa woade) of a basketry fish trap (exa). It is staked to the ground with bamboo (pamplo ti) pegs at intervals along woven row one, which was woven starting on the end to the right. Row two has been woven in the opposite direction, as indicated by the knotted end that finished off the row (seen right). Because row one was woven longer than needed, row two was started several sticks in (seen left). These sticks will be removed and row one will be tied off at the same point as row two before the tongue is finished. Each stick is separated from the next by three twists of dried twisted and pounded vine rope (adzɔ ƒoƒo). Akanyakrom, Banda District, Ghana.