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ID number: BIRRC-D0282 Institution: Research and Cultural Collections Named collection: Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts Artist / Maker: Unknown Title / Object name: Head-load carrier Object type: Woodwork
Place made: S.E. Liberia Culture: Kru Materials: Wood and split cane Measurements: 18 x 40 x 21 cm
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Woven rectangular head-load carrier with two raised sides, each dipped in the centre. Widely used throughout the region but increasingly replaced by the late 1970s by enamel bowls. Collected in 1976 in Jlao, (sastown) kru.
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