Pottery
Pot
| Object Number: | 37-22-76A |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Bolom |
| Provenience: | Sierra Leone Sherbro Island |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Height: | 17.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 18.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number: | 46 - Collector Number |
Description
For cooking. Made of dark reddish clay. Originally had two handles, one broken off. Pottery used in Sherbro Island is made on this Mainland, chiefly on the Bum River.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| African Gallery (1982 - 1986) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| African Gallery (1987 - 1990) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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