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Object Number:37-22-76B
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Sherbro
Provenience: Sierra Leone
Sherbro Island
Section:African
Materials:Ceramic
Height: 9 cm
Outside Diameter:15.5 cm
Credit Line:Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937

Description

For cooking. Made of dark reddish clay. Originally had two handles, one broken off. Pottery used in Sherbro Island is made on this Mainland, chiefly on the Bum River.

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