Local men carrying wicker fish traps on the west end of Barriera (Quarry) Wharf at Valletta, Malta.

Local men carrying wicker fish traps on a narrow part of the Barriera (Quarry) Wharf at Valletta, Malta. The fish traps are large rigid cone shaped baskets, measuring approximately five feet high and three feet base diameter. One man appears to be carrying three or four of them with relative ease. Dghaisas are moored bow-on to the narrow quayside which is at the west end of the Barriera (Quarry) Wharf. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: P93008
Type: Sheet film negative.
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Date made: 1930-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 166 mm x 116 mm