Bag
37-22-230A
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 37-22-230A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Sherbro |
Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island |
Section | African |
Materials | Stone | Leaf |
Description | Protects plantations. Bundle of pebbles. They are heated in a fire, cooled, and tied up in banana leaves, and hung on a stick in the plantation. A thief's eyes become inflamed; he becomes permanently blind if not treated in time. |
Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
Other Number | 164 - Collector Number |
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