Object Number | 73-21-10B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Mano |
Provenience | Liberia |
Section | African |
Materials | Cowrie | Wood |
Description | Oval shaped mass of dirt, dung and rice chaff; 2 sticks parallel on edge of long sides, cowrie shells 3 rows of 3 on bottom. (2 missing bottom left, row, center missing of center row, 2 top missing of right row); band across top of 4 shells (3 missing) covered with orange coloring (possibly raw palm oil). |
Length | 11 cm |
Width | 9 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Joseph A. McKinley, 1973 |
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