Dish Cover

This is a plaited grass dish cover, to keep prepared food free from flies and other insects. It is decorated with horizontal stripes in dyed raffia, and has a small loop attached to the top for lifting.

Further Information

• Type: Domestic equipment
• Object: Dish Cover
• Materials: Vegetable, organic fibre
• Culture Group: Temne
• Dimensions: 340mm x 340mm
• Production Date: About 1905
• Associated Places: Sierra Leone (Created
• Associated People: Mrs. Adejatoo (Collector); A. Ridyard (Donor)
• Museum: World Museum Liverpool Sierra Leone Collection
• Accession Number: LIVCM.3.9.06.10

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