Independence · 1961–1990
Stone tools from rock shelters, nomoli figures turned up in farms, iron smelters, and the ivory carvings Sapi artists made for Portuguese traders in the 1400s and 1500s.
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Prehistoric clay pots-Sierra Leone National Museum 1968
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Prehistoric clay pots-Sierra Leone National Museum (2) 1968
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Prehistoric clay pots-Sierra Leone National Museum (3) 1968
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Soapstone figure, blackened Collected by 1971
Original title: Figure, soapstonefigur, sculpture
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