Swagger Stick

37-22-7

From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Sitia Chiefdom | Yoni

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 37-22-7
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sherbro | Bulom
Provenience Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Sitia Chiefdom | Yoni
Section African
Materials Wood
Iconography Female Head
Description

"Tshuka" Curved. Girl's head at top; portion near butt carved so as to leave four bars enclosing an egg-shaped piece of the wood free. Cf. 37-22-4. Wooden.

Height 50.5 cm
Credit Line Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number 102 - Collector Number

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