Textile
37-22-55
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-55 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sherbro |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | The ground is of the natural colour of the cotton fibre. The design includes bands and stripes of black; the cloth is bisected and bordered by wide bands of geometrical patterns of lozenges with single or multiple contours, and of zigzags- in black, red and black, yellow and black. The dyes are European. |
| Length | 248 cm |
| Width | 138 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 132 - Collector Number |
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