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37-22-115
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Bachalo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-115 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sherbro |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Bachalo |
| Locus | Ndema Chiefdom | Batehalo | near Trisana |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Fiber |
| Description | Bowl-shaped. Wicker and twining. Red-brown, yellow, and black dyes. Two reds, both of which darken with age, are used: one from kam [arnatto] seeds, the other from kafa leaves. The yellow is from kawmplong roots; the black from leaves of tshok. For materials see 37-22-114. |
| Height | 10 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 31 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 280 - Collector Number |
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