Girdle
37-22-150
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-150 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sherbro |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Glass | Fiber |
| Description | Band of netted beadwork of green, black, and coral-coloured glass beads in pairs end to end; the edges are stitched together to form a tube enclosing some soft material; the tip of each chevron is marked with a small triangle of white beads. This is the front half of the girdle; the back is a loosely plaited cord of strings of green and coral-coloured beads. See 37-22-69 (girl's costume). |
| Length | 91 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 117 - Collector Number |
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