Winnowing Tray
37-22-140
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Movaudi
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-140 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sherbro |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Movaudi |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Plant Material |
| Description | Oval, of basketwork. Twill weave, the rim finished with a hoop made of splints from the midribs of raphia palm leaves lashed at intervals with the same material, which is also that of the tray proper. Used in winnowing rice. |
| Height | 11 cm |
| Length | 69 cm |
| Width | 51 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 130 - Collector Number |
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