Bellows

37-22-98

From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 37-22-98
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sherbro
Provenience Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Section African
Materials Fiber | Skin | Iron
Description

Used in pairs. The skin coverings are caught up in each hand so as to close the opening, and moved up and down alternately to keep up a continous stream of air from the nozzles through the glowing charcoal of the forge of hearth.

Credit Line Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number 131 - Collector Number

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