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37-22-139A
From: Sierra Leone | Tisana
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-139A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bolom |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Tisana |
| Locus | Timdel Chiefdom |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Reed (plant) | Pigment |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Oval. Twilled weave, black weft [sides]; for dye see 37-22-115. For reinforcement of [undyed] bottom of hamper and top of lid, cf. 37-22-136. Rim of hamper and of lid [oval] similarly reinforced. A second wrapped hoop encircles hamper near the rim; lid rests on this. |
| Height | 29.5 cm |
| Length | 55 cm |
| Width | 41 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 276 - Collector Number |
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