Object Number | 70-9-4 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Mendi |
Provenience | Sierra Leone |
Culture Area | West Africa |
Section | African |
Materials | Seeds | Fiber | Hemp (uncertain) |
Description | Hemp like strapping to which is woven attached my numerous small rope twined strings. 1/2 nut shell strung on strands. Forms a heavy concentration of shells which swing. Tied around an extremity for noise making. |
Height | 11 cm |
Length | 64 cm |
Width | 20 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
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