Textile
| Object Number: | 37-22-58 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Krim |
| Provenience: | Sierra Leone Sherbro Island |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Cotton |
| Length: | 202 cm |
| Width: | 128 cm |
| Credit Line: | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number: | 55 - Collector Number |
Description
The ground is of the natural colour of the fibre, dark with lighter stripes. The cloth is divided into panels by transverse bands of a reticulated pattern of hexagonal elements outlined in black [on the reverse in the natural colour of the yarn]. The panels bear lozenges composed of nine elements outlined in black. The black dye is European.
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