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Object Number 30-36-50/B4822
Display Title Spinner's ash receptacle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Seed bowl, fiber handles, fiber base, perforated
Classification
  • Bowl
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms Liberia, Interior
Materials Seed
Dimensions Overall: 9.5 x 13 x 13.5 cm (3 3/4 x 5 1/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B4822
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1930)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1930)

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