Mitjilda - Fish Net - Netta Loogatha

Fish nets were made from the native hibiscus fibre, which is very common. The fibre was stripped from the branches and soaked in the sand near running water creek. After three to four weeks it was taken up, dried, and then processed into string, and finally woven into a fish net. These were then used to trap large sea prey such as dugong and turtles, well as running fish, sessional fish such as the month fish.