The colony · 1787–1895
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Cloth sample, collected before 1800 1796
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Fabric test
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Interior Hanging (Mende, Vai, or Temne peoples) early–mid-19th century
Mende, Vai, or Temne artist · Public domain (CC0) · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Mrs. Kate Roachof Sierra Leone. 1880–93
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The "Senior Service" of Sierra Leone, 1885 1885
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Cloth samples, from Afzelius's journey of the 1790s Collected 1792–96
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Test
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