Textile
37-22-57
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-57 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mendi |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Also called nggoio gule [picked cloth, Mendi]. The ground is of lighter and darker stripes of the natural colour of the fibre. The designs are mainly in black on natural; also narrow stripes of yellow and pink. The dyes are European. The small isolated designs include: [drawings on card, see photo] |
| Length | 388 cm |
| Width | 169 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 68 - Collector Number |
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