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Object Number 37-77-50/2839
Display Title Plaited bark strip used for making impressions on surface of pottery
Descriptions
Object Description Plaited bark strip used for making impressions on surface of pottery - part of pottery maker's implements, nos. 50/2832-2846, inc.
Inventory Description Plaited fiber, long, narrow strip.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Dimensions Overall: 5.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm (2 3/16 x 3/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Museum Improvements-Collections Fund, 1936-1937
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (08/30/1937)

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Plaited bark strip used for making impressions on surface of pottery
37-77-50/2840 Plaited bark strip used for making impressions on surface of pottery
Tools
Raw Material
Liberia
Iron bracelet used to make impression on pottery
37-77-50/2843 Iron bracelet used to make impression on pottery
Bracelet
Liberia
Iron bracelet used to make impression on pottery
37-77-50/2842 Iron bracelet used to make impression on pottery
Bracelet
Liberia
Iron bracelet used to make impression on pottery
37-77-50/2844 Iron bracelet used to make impression on pottery
Bracelet
Liberia
Brass bracelet used to make impression on pottery
37-77-50/2845 Brass bracelet used to make impression on pottery
Bracelet
Liberia
Iron bracelet used to make impression on pottery
37-77-50/2841 Iron bracelet used to make impression on pottery
Bracelet
Liberia
Brass bracelet used to make impression on pottery
37-77-50/2846 Brass bracelet used to make impression on pottery
Bracelet
Liberia
Pebble used to polish inside of pot
37-77-50/2838 Pebble used to polish inside of pot
Stone
Raw Material
Liberia
Pebble used to polish inside of pot
37-77-50/2837 Pebble used to polish inside of pot
Stone
Raw Material
Liberia
Pebble used to polish inside of pot
37-77-50/2836 Pebble used to polish inside of pot
Stone
Raw Material
Liberia
Calabash fragment
37-77-50/2833 Calabash fragment
Dish
Raw Material
Liberia
Calabash fragment
37-77-50/2834 Calabash fragment
Dish
Raw Material
Liberia