Carrying Stick
Object Number: | 37-22-10 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Sherbro |
Provenience: | Sierra Leone Sherbro Island |
Section: | African |
Materials: | Wood |
Length: | 30.5 cm |
Width: | 9.5 cm |
Credit Line: | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
Other Number: | 295 - Collector Number |
Description
Wooden. The short shaft is carved into three spool-like segments. The head is an oval loop surmounted by a ram's head. On one side of the loop are two antelope [Olitambo] horns carved in relief.
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