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Heddle Pulley

Object Number:37-22-39
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Sherbro
Provenience: Sierra Leone
Sherbro Island
Balolo (Sierra Leone)
Section:African
Materials:Wood
Plant Fiber
Credit Line:Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number:37 - Collector Number

Description

See 37-22-38. The expression bul aini ["head of loom'] is Mandi. The Mandi introduced the loom to the Sherbro. See notes on the loom.

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