Bait Basket
37-22-177
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-177 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sherbro |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Plant Fiber |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Used by women in collecting bait for the fishermen: cockles, small crabs, etc., on the shore at ebbtide. It is also used to hold small fish, for food, caught by the women with their special nets [37-22-178]. Jar-shaped. Wicker, cf. 37-22-174. |
| Height | 24 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 17 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 7 - Collector Number |
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