The colony · 1787–1895
The things of every day: spoons and bowls, mortars, knives and axes, bags and canes, toys and games.
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Ya Ma Cooba's town in White Man's Bay: round houses and fences, 1780s (engraving) 1787
Original title: A view of Ya, Ma, Cooba's town in White Man's Bay, Sierra-Leone
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Three spoons from Afzelius's collection of the 1790s Collected 1792–96
Original title: Spoon
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Spoon, collected before 1800 Probably collected 1792–96
Original title: Spoon
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Small bag of brown skin, collected in the 1790s Collected 1792–96
Original title: Bag
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Leather bag with nine straps, collected in the 1790s Collected 1792–96
Original title: Leather bag, bag
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Leather bag with tassels, Mandingo, 1790s Collected 1792–96
Original title: Bag, leather bag
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