Colony and protectorate · 1896–1960
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Market day on Sackville Street 1915
Sir Kenneth James Beatty · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
The stores of Pickering & Berthoud c. 1905
From a postcard bought in Freetown in 1905.
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
The "cabbage" from the oil palm, Sherbro (Alldridge, 1901) 1901
Di titul we i bin gɛt: The Sherbro and its hinterland (1901) (14596573550)
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A coconut palm in full bearing, Sherbro (Alldridge, 1901) 1901
Di titul we i bin gɛt: The Sherbro and its hinterland (1901) (14780927584)
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Banana Island, Sierra Leone (West Africa) 1905 (12312269234) 1905
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Wan wok we de dɔn: dɛn de wiv fayn klɔt insay bari na Gigbɛma, 1910 1910
Di titul we i bin gɛt: A dying native industry: weaving a fine cloth from country-grown cotton that has been treated with native vegetable dyes, within a barri or palava house, at the town of Gigbehma, in the Tunkia country
T. J. Alldridge · Public domain · Internet Archive · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Wan stɔ wit dɔti wɔl ɛn tach, 1910 1910
Di titul we i bin gɛt: A mud store of Syrian traders
T. J. Alldridge · Public domain · Internet Archive · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho pipul we nɔ wɛr klos. Bɔku ol foto lɛk dis, na pɔtho dɛn tek am (kolonial ɔfisa, misɔnari ɛn travula dɛn), ɛn wi nɔ kin no if di pipul dɛn bin gri.
Market place, Bo, Sierra Leone Lisk-Carew postcard, c. 1905–1920s
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeoneP006
Lisk-Carew Brothers, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Copyright Sierra Leone: photographs: 50 years after publication. See http://www.sierra-leone.org/Laws/2011-08.pdf ( · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho pipul we nɔ wɛr klos. Bɔku ol foto lɛk dis, na pɔtho dɛn tek am (kolonial ɔfisa, misɔnari ɛn travula dɛn), ɛn wi nɔ kin no if di pipul dɛn bin gri.
Preparation of palm oil, Sierra Leone Lisk-Carew postcard, c. 1905–1920s
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeoneP011
Lisk-Carew Brothers, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Copyright Sierra Leone: photographs: 50 years after publication. See http://www.sierra-leone.org/Laws/2011-08.pdf ( · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Picking palm kernels, Sierra Leone Lisk-Carew postcard, c. 1905–1920s
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeoneP012
Lisk-Carew Brothers, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Copyright Sierra Leone: photographs: 50 years after publication. See http://www.sierra-leone.org/Laws/2011-08.pdf ( · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Reaping rice, Sierra Leone protectorate Lisk-Carew postcard, c. 1905–1920s
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeoneP014
Lisk-Carew Brothers, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Copyright Sierra Leone: photographs: 50 years after publication. See http://www.sierra-leone.org/Laws/2011-08.pdf ( · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Sa Samuel Lewis in os, wit Tɛmnɛ, Mɛnde, Susu ɛn Vai wokman dɛn, 1916 1916
Di titul we i bin gɛt: The mansion of the late Sir Samuel Lewis (with group of Temne, Mendi, Susu and Vai labourers and servants)
H. Osman Newland · Public domain · Internet Archive · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Hammock of plain and brown cord Collected by 1928
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Hammock
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Dis foto sho pipul we nɔ wɛr klos. Bɔku ol foto lɛk dis, na pɔtho dɛn tek am (kolonial ɔfisa, misɔnari ɛn travula dɛn), ɛn wi nɔ kin no if di pipul dɛn bin gri.
Mende women knotting nets, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Hantverk
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho pipul we nɔ wɛr klos. Bɔku ol foto lɛk dis, na pɔtho dɛn tek am (kolonial ɔfisa, misɔnari ɛn travula dɛn), ɛn wi nɔ kin no if di pipul dɛn bin gri.
Women pounding rice in mortars, Bo, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Mortar, matberedning, women
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A man hoeing the ground, Mende country, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Hacka, village, hackning
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho pipul we nɔ wɛr klos. Bɔku ol foto lɛk dis, na pɔtho dɛn tek am (kolonial ɔfisa, misɔnari ɛn travula dɛn), ɛn wi nɔ kin no if di pipul dɛn bin gri.
Woman knotting a net 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Woman, knyta, net
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A market, with iron bars of Kissi money in front, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: järntacka, fotografi, photograph
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Man de twis tred frɔm pam-lif fayba, Kisi kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: fotografi, photograph
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A butcher, Kissi country, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Slaktare
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Sorting fish (perhaps), 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Village
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Congo Town river, with Sugar Loaf mountain (Lisk-Carew postcard) 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Palm, flod
Lisk-Carew, Alphonso · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Picking palm kernels (Lisk-Carew postcard) 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Palm
Lisk-Carew, Alphonso · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Vegetable market, Protectorate (Lisk-Carew postcard) 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Hut, market
Lisk-Carew, Alphonso · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Man with a pot of palm wine 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Kruka, vin, man
Lisk-Carew, Alphonso · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Plaited sieve for grain, Mende Collected by 1931
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Sikt
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Narrow fish trap of sticks, Mende Collected by 1931
Di titul we i bin gɛt: fiskfälla
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Climbing rope of lianas, for climbing palm trees, Mende Collected by 1931
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Ring
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Big ren at we dɛn mek wit pam lif, Mɛnde, 1931 Collected by 1931
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Regnhatt, hat
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Hunting net of knotted bast cord, Mende Collected by 1931
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Net
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Women's fishing net on a bent stick, Mende Collected by 1931
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Fishing-net
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A fishing net being made, Mende Collected by 1931
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Fishing-net
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Hammock of bast cord with red-yellow stripes, Mende Collected by 1931
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Hammock
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Wooden scales with pans of bast cord, Mende Collected by 1931
Di titul we i bin gɛt: våg
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Kɔtin bo, Mɛnde, 1931 Collected by 1931
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Karda
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Hoe with a wooden handle, Mende Collected by 1931
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Hacka
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Knife for cutting palm fruit, forged from Kissi pennies (eastern Sierra Leone) Collected by 1931
Swedish catalogue: a knife forged from Kissi money, slightly bent, with a wooden handle burnt with two stripes and a metal ferrule, made mainly for harvesting palm fruit; 22 cm long. Kissi pennies were long twisted iron rods used as money. Collected by Gustaf Bolinder in 1930–31.
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Boys' hand net of palm fibre, southern Sierra Leone Collected by 1931
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Net
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A ball of wound palm leaf, a toy Collected by 1931
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Boll
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Dis foto sho pipul we nɔ wɛr klos. Bɔku ol foto lɛk dis, na pɔtho dɛn tek am (kolonial ɔfisa, misɔnari ɛn travula dɛn), ɛn wi nɔ kin no if di pipul dɛn bin gri.
Sierra Leone 1944 approx . Woman husking rice (3134619748) 2008
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Flickr - Government Press Office (GPO) - Min. Of Information of Sierra Leone in an official delegation at the diamond exchange in Tel Aviv 1959
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Many hands make light work Lisk-Carew postcard, c. 1905–1920s
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeoneP004
Lisk-Carew Brothers, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Copyright Sierra Leone: photographs: 50 years after publication. See http://www.sierra-leone.org/Laws/2011-08.pdf ( · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Palm wine distiller, Sierra Leone Lisk-Carew postcard, c. 1905–1920s
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeoneP005
Lisk-Carew Brothers, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Copyright Sierra Leone: photographs: 50 years after publication. See http://www.sierra-leone.org/Laws/2011-08.pdf ( · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Rope Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Rep, rope
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A twig sample Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Materialprov, kvist, twig
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Stand for oil-palm fruit Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Tool
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Kɔtin bo fɔ klin kɔtin, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Karda, carding comb
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Hoe with a rough wooden handle Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Hacka, pick
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Hoe, well used Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Hacka, pick
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Old hoe with a dark handle Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Hacka, pick
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Hoe Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Hacka, pick
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Climbing rope of lianas, for climbing palm trees Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Climbing tool
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Women's hand net on two bent canes Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Net
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Old women's hand net Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Net
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Fish net set in a hole in the riverbed Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Net
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Women's hand net still being made Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Net
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Fishing net of knotted palm-leaf fibre, 12 m long Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Fishing net, net
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Bast fibre sample Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Bast, materialprov, sample
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Fish trap, fish- Collected 1930–31
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Fish trap Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Fish trap, fish-
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