Gown
| Object Number: | 37-22-61 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Sherbro |
| Provenience: | Sierra Leone Sherbro Island Shengge |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Cotton |
| Length: | 120 cm |
| Width: | 173 cm |
| Credit Line: | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number: | unknown - Collector Number |
Description
Made of native cotton cloth with stripes of the natural light colour of the fiber and light and dark blaue stripes. The dye is made from a plant called dzale. The gown is embroidered with European silk thread. This gown originally belonged to Paramount Chief Albert Caulker of Bompe Chiefdom.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| African Gallery (1982 - 1986) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| African Gallery (1987 - 1990) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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