Textile

37-22-57

From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 37-22-57
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mendi
Provenience Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Section African
Materials Cotton
Description

Also called nggoio gule [picked cloth, Mendi]. The ground is of lighter and darker stripes of the natural colour of the fibre. The designs are mainly in black on natural; also narrow stripes of yellow and pink. The dyes are European. The small isolated designs include: [drawings on card, see photo]

Length 388 cm
Width 169 cm
Credit Line Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number 68 - Collector Number

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