Indigo Dye
37-22-63B
Location: On Display in the Into the Blue: The Pursuit of Color
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-63B |
| Current Location | Into the Blue: The Pursuit of Color - On Display |
| Culture | Sherbro |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Leaf |
| Description | The plant [37-22-63A] from which the balls [37-22-63B] are prepared is called d3ale. Gara is the universal name for the dye in this part of Sierra Leone. See 37-22-61, 64, 65, etc. |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 101 - Collector Number |
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