Pouch
37-22-145
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-145 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sherbro |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Leather | Fur |
| Description | The neck [closed by a leather ring], bottom, and thong for suspension are of sheep [nawaggobe] skin; the body of the pouch is of flitambo [re, small antelope] skin, cured with the hair on. It is of northern origin, a Sudanese type. |
| Length | 27 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 234 - Collector Number |
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