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Object Number:37-22-53
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Sherbro
Provenience: Sierra Leone
Sherbro Island
Bawngge
Section:African
Materials:Fiber
Length: 206 cm
Width: 149 cm
Credit Line:Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number:257 - Collector Number

Description

Chequer board pattern in black and red-brown. For the name see 37-22-52. Used for bedding.

Bibliography:

[Catalogue, Exhibition] Curnow, Kathy. 2014. At Home In Africa: Design, Beauty and Pleasing Irregularity in Domestic Settings.. Cleveland. The Galleries at Cleveland State University. pg. 286 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 14, fig. 1-37View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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