Mantle
29-61-1C
From: Sierra Leone
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 29-61-1C |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Timne |
Provenience | Sierra Leone |
Section | African |
Materials | Fiber | Grass | Cotton | Wood |
Description | Heavy grass-fringe mantle, embodying oval wicker cloth-covered plaque to which are attached a cylinder covered with red and blue cloth, and 54 oval flat pieces of wood inscribed in ink with what appear to be Arabic characters. |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. L. Buck, 1929 |
Other Number | 41056 - Other Number |
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