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Knife

Object Number:37-22-18
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Sherbro
Provenience: Sierra Leone
Sherbro Island
Section:African
Materials:Copper
Length: 38.7 cm
Credit Line:Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number:96 - Collector Number

Description

Similar in form to 37-22-17. The shaft is divided into segments of which the middle one is twisted into a spiral. See 37-22-15 and 12.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

African Gallery (1990 - Aug 1995) View Objects in Exhibition
African Gallery ( Aug 1995 - 11 Sep 2018) View Objects in Exhibition

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