The colony · 1787–1895
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Ya Ma Cooba in tɔŋ na Wayt Man Be: rawnd os ɛn fɛns, 1780 dɛn 1787
Di titul we i bin gɛt: A view of Ya, Ma, Cooba's town in White Man's Bay, Sierra-Leone
John Matthews · Public domain · Internet Archive · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Three spoons from Afzelius's collection of the 1790s Collected 1792–96
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Spoon
Sandin, Tony · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Spoon, collected before 1800 Probably collected 1792–96
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Spoon
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Small bag of brown skin, collected in the 1790s Collected 1792–96
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Bag
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Leather bag with nine straps, collected in the 1790s Collected 1792–96
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Leather bag, bag
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Leather bag with tassels, Mandingo, 1790s Collected 1792–96
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Bag, leather bag
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto