Pottery
Vessel
37-22-77
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Yoni
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 37-22-77 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Sherbro |
Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Yoni |
Section | African |
Materials | Ceramic |
Description | For place of origin see 37-22-76. Small pots like this are said to be made by Sherbro [Bolom] on the lower Bum River for the Moriemen [Mohammedans], to hold ink. Band of simple incised ornament encircling shoulder. |
Height | 8.2 cm |
Outside Diameter | 9.2 cm |
Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
Other Number | 176 - Collector Number | 941 - Other Number |
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