Weaving accessory, consisting of a wooden frame across which plant fibres are arranged close together in between wooden brackets. There is a plaited plant fibre string knotted around one end. [CW 19 1 98]

Collection type: Object
Description: Weaving accessory, consisting of a wooden frame across which plant fibres are arranged close together in between wooden brackets. There is a plaited plant fibre string knotted around one end. [CW 19 1 98]
Geographical reference: Sierra Leone
Africa > Western Africa > Sierra Leone
Person: Field collector Sheppard Sunderland Frere; Field collector R.S. Hooker; PRM source Sheppard Sunderland Frere
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1997
Date collected: By 1997
Acquisition information: Donated: 1997
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Twisted, Process Bound
Dimensions: Width: max 255 mm frame, Length: max 290 mm frame, Depth: max 40 mm frame
Object numbers: Accession number: 1997.19.68

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