Textile
37-22-51A
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Bawngge
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-51A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sherbro |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Bawngge |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber |
| Description | Woven by Bia Hai. Men are the weavers. The red dye is from the seeds of the arnatto [kam], the black from the leaves of tshok. All cloths are woven in narrow strips, which are stitched together to form the finished kottha. |
| Length | 135 cm |
| Width | 18 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 252 - Collector Number |
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