Ladle
37-22-71
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Bawngge
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-71 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sherbro |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Bawngge |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Wooden. With shallow oval bowl; the handle represents the neck and head of a bird, buha, a kind of duck. This ladle was used for skimming palm oil. |
| Length | 54.5 cm |
| Width | 16 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 250 - Collector Number |
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