Figure
| Object Number: | 37-22-28 |
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| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Sherbro |
| Provenience: | Sierra Leone Sherbro Island Bawngge |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Wood Aluminum |
| Technique: | Inlaid |
| Iconography: | Duck Head |
| Length: | 9.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number: | 251 - Collector Number |
Description
This kind of duck is called bawtebawte. Eyes of aluminum, inlaid. A household ornament.
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