Gown
37-22-61
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Shengge
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-61 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sherbro |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Shengge |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Made of native cotton cloth with stripes of the natural light colour of the fiber and light and dark blaue stripes. The dye is made from a plant called dzale. The gown is embroidered with European silk thread. This gown originally belonged to Paramount Chief Albert Caulker of Bompe Chiefdom. |
| Length | 120 cm |
| Width | 173 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | unknown - Collector Number |
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