Handmade in India

BAMBOO FISH TRAPS
Production clusters
Silvassa
Khanvel village
Products
Koyta-machete
Bamboo needle
Lakda-wooden piece
Tools
Bhot, Tonda, Sattafish
trap
THE TRIBALS MAKE three locally used bamboo fish traps
-bhot(cylindrical structure),tonda and satta(Conical
structures)that are economically viable with the easy
availability of bamboo in the surrounding forests.Khadan,a
kind of boulder dam,consisting of murul made of heavy
stones held within wooden stakes and bamboo lashings,is
intermittenly placed across the river.This raises the level of
the river and diverts the water through the bara,space
between the muruls where the fish traps are set.A cylindrical
container,bhot and the conical structure shiba,fit together to
form the complete trap.The finished trap is located at the tip
of the bara to receive the incoming fish in the water
flow.The fish get trapped while water flows out of the gaps
in the structure.A bamboo needle,kandi,is used to stitch the
structural elements of the trap.While nylon thread is
currently used,it was previously made from the fibre of a
local leaf.The construction is elegant and simple using local
materials with an understanding of the functional
requirements of fishing.The fish is stored in Kirkinda,a
basket for transporting it to the village.
1. View of the construction of the khadan and the bamboo
mat,fishing net and fish trap that are placed in the wter
catchment area below the dam.
2. Bhot,cylindrical fish trap;shiba,conical funnel-trap placed at
the mouth of the bhot and the mat.
3. Placing the bhot,shibha and the mat in the stream.
4. Kirkinda,a bamboo basket for keeping fish.
BAMBOO BASKETS
Production Clusters
Silvassa
Vaghchhipa village
Products
Karandia-chicken
basket
Nani topli-small
basket
Moti topli-big basket
Chhabdi-shallow dish
Tingadiu-hanging
basket
Agarbatti-sticks for
incense
Ice cream sticks
THE INHABITANTS STILL practice their age old tradition of making bamboo baskets for
storing grain,drying boiled padddy,transportation of gobar,cowdung,and as grain
measures,besides also serving as chicken coops,fish baskets and traps.Those intended for
storage,gobar transport and grain measures are plastered with a compound of clay and
cowdung to enhance their utility.The variety of bamboo used is green gaoghari vaas,which
is pliable and easy to form.The green outer layer of the bamboo is split into eight strips
which form the radial base.
Structure.The base armature is
placed on the floor one over the
other at equal distances in a circle
and tied with a thinner bamboo
split.After three rounds of alternate
stems the basde is ready then the
sides are woven using splits which
are narrower in width.This rim
construction of twod inches is
interlaced in a different weave.The
baskets are usually roughly hewn
and in a basic construction style
that is robust and functional since
the strips are not polished at the
point of making,however it gets
smooth during use and acquires
sheen.
A typical bamboo basket.
Tools
Difu-bamboo piece
Chara-knife
Paatalo-stool
1. The base of the chhadi is