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Description: | Sierra Leone country cloths Donor: Mrs. K. Graham. July 1955. [Dr. Easmon presented a copy of Sierra Leone Country Cloths in Novermber, but to judge from the correspondence never saw the collection]. Collected by Mrs. Graham's brother, Paul Shuffrey, who was a District Officer (North Sherbro District) in Sierra Leone between 1913 and 1923. the record is not clear on the number of items. Mrs. Graham says that the collection consists of the following country cloths: 18 large ones, 9 hammocks, 9 small striped ones, 2 tuffted, but the checker's marks would indicate that there were only 16 large cloths. My records indicate that 27.5. 55/9 is a blue cotton gown and that 27.5.55/24 is a cap. I can find only the following numbered items here: 2.7.55/21 and 2.7.55/27. 5 November 1975 (signed Valerie)
Sierra Leonean county cloth hammock with 'tortoise' or 'haku' basket weave, collected by Paul Shuffrey, District Commissioner of Pujehun from 1913 to 1923.
Hammocks such as this were commonly used to carry chiefs and other 'big men' in rural Sierra Leone along the narrow forest pathways that connected villages before the construction of wider road networks after World War II. Hammocks of this kind were also a favoured form of transport for early colonial officials. Travelling hammocks were often accompanied by a carrying frame and a wooden cover, slung with cloth, to keep the passenger in the shade, however these are often missing in European collections.
Woven hammock, constructed from 8 strips of woven cotton cloth of the kpoko style with a black and white checkered pattern. The hammock slung is double layered, with a loop at each through which a short pole can be inserted and secured by ropes for suspension. Three sets of small rectangular panels hemmed in red have been sewn along the length of the slung. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | hand sewing tabby (textile) hammocks cotton (textile) | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-109923 |
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