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Carrying Stick

Object Number:37-22-10
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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