Colony and protectorate · 1896–1960
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A small twig, Mende Collected by 1931
Original title: Kvist
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of World Culture, Gothenburg · Source ↗ · Report this picture
A head of guinea corn (sorghum), Mende Collected by 1931
Original title: frökolv
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Sierra Leone 1944 (3831428280) 2009
Sludge G · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Photograph 1956
Original title: fotografi, photograph
Råberg, Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Bafodia, Sierra Leone (West Africa) 1967 (2636685678) (cropped) 1960
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Skid In the museum by 1900
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Source ↗ · Report this picture