Beater

37-22-88

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

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 37-22-88
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sherbro
Provenience Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Sitia Chiefdom | Yoni
Section African
Materials Wood
Description

Elongated pear shape. Cloth after weaving is beaten with these implements to give it pliability and a kind of polish. See 37-22-89.

Height 35.56 cm
Length 0 cm
Width 5.56 cm
Depth 5.24 cm
Credit Line Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number 108 - Collector Number

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