Robe

37-22-264B

From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 37-22-264B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sherbro
Provenience Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Section African
Materials Fabric | Fiber
Description

Gawndegawnde. The sleeved frock is made of striped native cotton cloth to which are tied here and there bunches of black dyed raphia fibers and of snail shells.

Credit Line Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number 5 - Collector Number

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