Gong
Tortoise Shell
37-22-31B
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Yoni
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-31B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Yoni |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Turtle Shell | Wood | Fiber |
| Description | The kontto is beaten like a gong to summon the members of the Poro Society, or by the attendants of a Poro official when he appears in public in his official character. The ordinary expression for tortoise shell is konggo [ tortoise] bawk [shell]. Cf. 37-22-31A.1 and 37-22-37A.2 |
| Height | 7.5 cm |
| Length | 56 cm |
| Width | 36 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 128 - Collector Number |
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