Basket Lid
| Object Number: | 37-22-139B |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Sherbro |
| Provenience: | Sierra Leone Tisana |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Wood Fiber |
| Height: | 29.5 cm |
| Length: | 55 cm |
| Width: | 41 cm |
| Credit Line: | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number: | 276 - Collector Number |
Description
Oval. Twilled weave, black weft [sides]; for dye see 37-22-115. For reinforcement of [undyed] bottom of hamper and top of lid, cf. 37-22-136. Rim of hamper and of lid [oval] similarly reinforced. A second wrapped hoop encircles hamper near the rim; lid rests on this.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| African Gallery (1990 - Aug 1995) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| African Gallery (1982 - 1986) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| African Gallery (1987 - 1990) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| African Gallery ( Aug 1995 - 11 Sep 2018) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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