Cloth Fragment

37-22-242A

From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 37-22-242A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sherbro
Provenience Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Section African
Materials Fiber
Description

Strip of "country cloth", knotted three times. Protects any valued object on or near which it is placed. Causes "cramp" in the ribs.

Credit Line Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number 154 - Collector Number | 485 - Other Number

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