Since 1991 · 1991–today
What hands made: country cloth spun and woven on the narrow loom, gara dyeing, baskets, pots, carving and smithing.
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The Cotton Tree 2007
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Tie-dyed cloth, Pujehun Collected by 1998
Original title: Duk
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Freetownstreet 2005
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Sierra Leone Humanitarian 2014
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Cotton tree in Freetown, SL - Mapillary (yIBZ74r6IsUFOaWtAPwhWw)
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National Museum of Sierra Leone at Cotton tree in Freetown - Mapillary (Yp2BPDsT7TyNtrN6lZ4z9Q)
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Female Blacksmith 2017
Saio Jawara · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Straw weaving in Rogbonko, Sierra Leone (April 2021) 2021
Darnell Clayton · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Cotton and wool embroidered hat-Sierra Leone (British Museum)
Ji-Elle · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Cotton embroidered hat-Sierra Leone (British Museum) (1)
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Cotton embroidered hat-Sierra Leone (British Museum) (2)
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Narrow-strip cotton hammock-Vai people-Sierra Leone (British Museum) (1)
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Narrow-strip cotton hammock-Vai people-Sierra Leone (British Museum) (2)
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Narrow-strip cotton hammock-Vai people-Sierra Leone (British Museum) (3)
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A Fulani spinning wool (Fullah Culture) 2025
ODC-SIERRA-LEONE · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
A pot of Bitter Leaf sauce 2025
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Sierra Leone Fullah Culture 2025
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Sierra Leone Fullah Culture ( drinking pot) 2025
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