Basketry

37-22-126B

From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 37-22-126B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sherbro
Provenience Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Section African
Materials Plant Material
Technique Basketry
Description

Of hele type, cf. especially 37-22-124, 122. This has no twining. The rim and the circumference of the lid are reinforced with wrapped splints. For black dye, see 37-22-115.

Outside Diameter 54 cm
Credit Line Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number 305 - Collector Number

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