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Tray

Object Number:37-22-141
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Sherbro
Provenience: Sierra Leone
Sherbro Island
Yoni
Section:African
Materials:Grass
Technique:Basketry
Length: 26 cm
Width: 26.5 cm
Credit Line:Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number:36 - Collector Number

Description

Twill weave, of raphia splints, with twining of reinforced edges. Used also to fan the fire.

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