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37-22-137

From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Yoni

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 37-22-137
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Yoni
Section African
Materials Reed (plant)
Technique Basketry
Description

Coarse wicker with recessed bottom. The rim is finished off by doubling over the warp splints. For washing cassava, so that the water is strained off. See 37-22-136.

Height 21 cm
Outside Diameter 53 cm
Credit Line Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number 94 - Collector Number

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