Stick
37-22-75
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Balolo (Sierra Leone)
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-75 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sherbro |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Balolo (Sierra Leone) |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Rod, of roughly rectangular section; head portion slightly set off, widening towards end and reduced in thickness. The yek is used in stirring porridge or thick broth made from cassave, while it is working. |
| Length | 79 cm |
| Width | 4.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 52 - Collector Number |
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