Mortar

37-22-84

From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Yoni

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 37-22-84
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sherbro
Provenience Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Yoni
Section African
Materials Wood
Description

Typical mortar shape. Round the waist are carved in relief two rows of antelope horns. The lower row represents flibambo horns, the upper some larger species of antelope. See 37-22-83.

Height 31 cm
Outside Diameter 19.5 cm
Credit Line Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number 64 - Collector Number

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