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Gong Striker

Object Number:37-22-31A.2
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Sherbro
Provenience: Sierra Leone
Sherbro Island
Shengge Chiefdom
Shengge
Locus: Shengge [Kagboro] Chiefdom
Shengge
Section:African
Materials:Wood
Height: 16.5 cm
Length: 10 cm
Width: 7 cm
Credit Line:Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937

Description

The stick is for beating the konttho. See 37-22-31A.1 and 37-22-31B.

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