FROM CARD: "CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER MADE OF BARK, SEWED WITH FIBER. BASKETRY ENDS MADE WITH WOOD CORE. ON CARD ACCOMPANYING ITEM WAS FOLLOWING NOTATION: THE KROOS ARE PILOTS AND SEAMEN ON THE WESTERN COAST OF AFRICA AND ARE INDISPENSABLE TO VESSELS ENTERING THE RIVERS OF THAT COAST. THE PROVISION CONSISTS OF POUNDED CORN, SO CALLED, MORE PROPERLY A LARGE SPECIES OF MILLET WHICH IS EATEN MIXED WITH WATER."