Apron
37-22-149
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-149 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sherbro |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Glass | Fiber |
| Description | Triangular flap of netted beadwork [glass beads], green with two chevrons of coral colour following the contour of the flap. The girdle is a tube of the same kind of beadwork, composed of bands of green and coral colour. Worn by a little girl, great-granddaughter of Kawng Wo. See 37-22-69 [girl's costumn]. |
| Length | 12 cm |
| Width | 10.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 219 - Collector Number |
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