Ol foto, stamp ɛn fim · Klɔt, drɛs, ed, os ɛn myuzik
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Wetin pipul dɛn na ya bin de mek wit dɛn yon an, bifo ɛn wit di kɔlɔni: kɔntri klɔt we dɛn spin, wiv ɛn day; gara, lɛk di wan dɛn we Kadiato Kamara mek; aw dɛn bin de plet ed ɛn wetin dɛn bin de wɛr pan am; aw dɛn bin de bil tɔŋ, frɔm di ston os dɛn na ol Yagala to Mɛnde rawnd os ɛn di bari usay dɛn de yɛri kes; ɛn wetin dɛn bin de ple myuzik wit, frɔm Sapi aivri ɔn to wan haap-lut we dɛn nɔ de mek igen ɛn di drɔm we bin de kip tɛm na di rays fam. Nɔ bɔku foto nɔ de frɔm bifo 1800, so di ol ol pruf na tin dɛn (di Sowei mask dɛn sho aw uman dɛn bin de plet ed da tɛm de) ɛn ol bil we dɔn pwel. Bɔku pan dɛn ya na pipul frɔm ɔdasay bin gɛda am, tek di foto ɔ drɔ am, frɔm wan slev tred ejɛnt na di 1780 dɛn to kɔlɔnial ɔfisa ɛn kɔlɛkta frɔm ɔda kɔntri, ɛn wetin dɛn pik fɔ rɛkɔd sho dɛn yon rizin, nɔto wi yon; di Lisk-Carew brɔda dɛn na Fritɔŋ yon fotograf. We wi put rɛkɔd ya, dat nɔ min se wi gri wit di pɔsin we mek am ɔ wit wetin i biliv. Foto dɛn bɔt Bundu ɛn Poro de biɛn wan notis. If yu no dɛn ples ya, dɛn wok ya ɔ dɛn pipul ya, tɛl wi.
Bɔku pan dɛn ya na kɔlonial ɔfisa, mishɔnari ɛn fɔrina dɛn mek dɛn. Di nem ɛn di tɔk we de wit dɛn kɔmɔt na di kɔlɛkshɔn dɛn, ɛn sɔm kin gɛt di aydia ɛn wɔd dɛn fɔ da tɛm de. Wi sho dɛn as istri, nɔto se wi gri wit dɛn. Na kɔmpyuta put di det, di tɛm ɛn di kayn fɔ ɛni foto, so sɔm go rɔng. If yu ɔ yu fambul de insay wan foto, if na yu gɛt di rayt fɔ wan, if sɔntin rɔng, ɔ if yu tink se wan foto nɔ fɔ de ya, prɛs “Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto” ɔnda am: di tin we yu rayt go rich wi ɛditɔ dɛn wit di foto, ɛn dɛn kin pul am wantɛm. Yu kin rayt to hello@dt-ets.com.
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Klɔt: spin, wiv, day
Dɛn de wiv kɔntri klɔt, Ɔpa Mɛnde, 1901 1901
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Weaving country cloth on a native loom, Upper Mendi
T. J. Alldridge · Public domain · Internet Archive · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
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
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.
Mɛnde uman de spin kɔtin we dɛn plant na kɔntri, 1910 1910
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Native woman spinning country-grown cotton, Mendiland
T. J. Alldridge · Public domain · Internet Archive · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
BEATTY(1915) Fig10 Weaving country cloth published 1915
Beatty, Kenneth James, (Sir); Sierra Leone. · 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.
Mɛnde uman de spin kɔtin, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Hantverk, spindle, woman
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
Dɛn de sɛt di tred fɔ di wiv-mashin, Kisi kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Village, men
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.
Dɛn de spin kɔtin fɔ mek kɔntri klɔt (Lisk-Carew poskad) 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Spindle, spinning, women
Lisk-Carew, Alphonso · 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.
Dɛn de day tred fɔ mek klɔt (Lisk-Carew poskad) 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Women, cotton, huts
Lisk-Carew, Alphonso · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Kɔtin bo, Mɛnde, 1931 Collected by 1931
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Karda
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of World Culture, Gothenburg · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Smɔl bast bag wit kɔba, Mɛnde, 1931 Collected by 1931
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Bag, bolsa
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Four women sat on the ground, spinning cloth 1934–36
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeone Hofstra 088
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Women spinning, Panguma (Sierra Leone), 1934 1934
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeoneHofstra4.5
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Spindul ɛn di shɛl we i de tɔn insay, Musaia Collected by 1957
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Spindle
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Klay spindul wɔl wit mak, Musaia Collected by 1957
Di titul we i bin gɛt: sländtrissa
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Wiv shutul we tan lɛk bot, Sinkunia Collected by 1957
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Skyttel
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Wiv-mashin kɔm, Sinkunia Collected by 1957
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Loom, comb, fabric
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Wiv-mashin tred frem, Sinkunia Collected by 1957
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Loom, solv, fabric
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Wud fɔ bit nyu klɔt flat, lɛk ayɛn, Sinkunia Collected by 1957
Di titul we i bin gɛt: klappträ
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Wiv-mashin puli we dɛn kav lɛk ed wit snek Collected by 1972
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Loom, fabric
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Blu ɛn pɔpul gara lapa wit wayt layn 1982
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Cloth
Kadiato Kamara · Public domain (CC0) · Wereldmuseum (National Museum of World Cultures) · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Blu ɛn pɔpul gara lapa wit wayt layn (sɛkɔn wan) 1982
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Cloth
Kadiato Kamara · Public domain (CC0) · Wereldmuseum (National Museum of World Cultures) · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Grin-brawn gara klɔt wit wayt zigzag 1982
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Cloth
Kadiato Kamara · Public domain (CC0) · Wereldmuseum (National Museum of World Cultures) · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dak blu gara klɔt wit layt blu mak 1982
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Cloth
Kadiato Kamara · Public domain (CC0) · Wereldmuseum (National Museum of World Cultures) · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Brawn gara klɔt wit layn layn mak 1982
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Cloth
Kadiato Kamara · Public domain (CC0) · Wereldmuseum (National Museum of World Cultures) · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Gara ed-tay, pink-rɛd wit sakul mak, we Kadiato Kamara mek 1982
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Headscarf
Kadiato Kamara · Public domain (CC0) · Wereldmuseum (National Museum of World Cultures) · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Gara klɔt wit Afrika map we dɛn tay wit smɔl sakul 1982
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Cloth
Kadiato Kamara · Public domain (CC0) · Wereldmuseum (National Museum of World Cultures) · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Blu wax klɔt wit big wayt mak 1982
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Cloth
Kadiato Kamara · Public domain (CC0) · Wereldmuseum (National Museum of World Cultures) · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Gara lapa fɔ gyal pikin, wit sakul mak 1983
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Wrap skirt
Kadiato Kamara · Public domain (CC0) · Wereldmuseum (National Museum of World Cultures) · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Blu gara lapa ɛn T-shɛt wit wax mak 1983
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Skirt, t-shirt
Kadiato Kamara · Public domain (CC0) · Wereldmuseum (National Museum of World Cultures) · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Brawn gara drɛs wit lɔng mak ɛn bɛlt 1983
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Dress, belt
Kadiato Kamara · Public domain (CC0) · Wereldmuseum (National Museum of World Cultures) · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Ronko: trɔsis, jakɛt ɛn kap we dɛn day ɛn stamp 1983
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Costume
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Tay-day klɔt, Pujɛun Collected by 1998
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Duk
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Four women spinning cotton in front of a house, Panguma Photographed 1935
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeone027
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Man selling country cotton 2016
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Narrow-strip cotton hammock-Vai people-Sierra Leone (British Museum) (1)
Ji-Elle · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Kɔntri klɔt: wayt kɔtin wit blu skwe mak, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Tissue, weave
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Smɔl kɔntri klɔt wit brawn stray na di midul, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Woven cloth, stmele., cloth
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Smɔl kɔntri klɔt, brawn wit dak brawn ɛn blu stray, Vai, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Woven cloth, cloth, fabric
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Smɔl kɔntri klɔt wit tri brawn stray, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Fabric, tissue
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Kɔtin klɔt we dɛn wiv ɛn sɔw wit blak tred, Vai, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Cloth, woven cloth, fabric
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Smɔl kɔntri klɔt, wayt wit layt brawn stray, Vai, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Woven cloth, cloth, fabric
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Kɔtin gɔŋ wit sɔw mak, Musaia In the museum by 1974
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Costume, garb
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Bag we dɛn wiv wit bast, wit tri bɔtin, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Bag
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Wiv-mashin tred frem, Mɛnde, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Weaving, shed
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Wiv-mashin tred frem, nyu wan, Mɛnde, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Weaving, shed
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Wiv-mashin tred frem, Mɛnde, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Weaving, shed
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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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Spindul wit kɔtin, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Ten
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Flat bast bag wit kɔba, na man nɔmɔ de tot am, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Bag
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Wiv-mashin fut-pedal, Vai, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Loom tool
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Wiv-mashin fut-pedal, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Loom tool
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Grin wax klɔt wit siks sta c. 1982–83
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Cloth
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Ed, drɛs ɛn fayn tin dɛn
Costumes of West Africa - a Kroo-Man 1820–30
T.W. Ramsay · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Helmet Mask for Sande Society (Ndoli jowei) late 19th century
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Helmet Mask (ndoli jowei) for Sande Society 19th century
Unknown author Unknown author · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Janus Faced Helmet Mask for Sande Society (Ndoli jowei) late 19th century
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Francis W. Joaque - Two African women in photo studio 1870s
Francis W. Joaque · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Fabanna, Paramawnt Chif fɔ Vassa kɔntri, 1901 1901
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Fabanna, Paramount Chief of the Vassa country
T. J. Alldridge · Public domain · Internet Archive · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Chif Kai Lundu fɔ Luawa wit in gɔŋ, 1901 1901
Di titul we i bin gɛt: The late Chief Kai Lundu, Luawa, Upper Mendi
T. J. Alldridge · Public domain · Internet Archive · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Minsereh figures of the Yassi society (Alldridge, 1901) 1901
Di titul we i bin gɛt: The Sherbro and its hinterland (1901) (14760305816)
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A young Upper Mende chief (Alldridge, 1901) 1901
Di titul we i bin gɛt: The Sherbro and its hinterland (1901) (14803166603)
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Mandiŋgo man wit wɔ drɛs we fulɔp wit sɛbɛ, 1910 1910
Di titul we i bin gɛt: A Mandingo in fetish war dress: a mass of gre-gre charms, each containing a quotation from the Koran in Arabic
T. J. Alldridge · Public domain · Internet Archive · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Afta dɛn kɔmɔt na Bundu: uman dɛn wit dɛn nyu drɛs, 1910 1910
Di titul we i bin gɛt: After leaving the Bundu: modern style
T. J. Alldridge · Public domain · Internet Archive · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Pamwayn sɛla; Alimami Momo, chif fɔ di Tɛmnɛ na Fritɔŋ, 1910 1910
Di titul we i bin gɛt: An itinerating palm-wine seller; Alimami Momo, the Chief of the Timinis at Freetown
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Kutubu, Paramawnt Chif fɔ Ɔpa Bambara, wit in sɛkritri, Pɛndɛmbu, 1910 1910
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Kutubu, the Paramount Chief of Upper Bambara, with his secretary
T. J. Alldridge · Public domain · Internet Archive · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dɛn de mek di Sokong fɔ Impɛri chif, 1910 1910
Di titul we i bin gɛt: The installation of a great chief, the late Sokong of Imperri
T. J. Alldridge · Public domain · Internet Archive · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Mɛnde, Tɛmnɛ ɛn Kɔno chif dɛn gɛda na Moyamba, 1916 1916
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Gathering of Mendi, Temne and Konnoh chiefs at Moyamba
H. Osman Newland · Public domain · Internet Archive · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Paramawnt Chif Mima na Mano, wit gɔŋ ɛn kap, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Headdress, chief, men
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Di kwin na Blama wit in fayn drɛs, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Village, queen, woman
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Bundu gyal dɛn wit di drɛs dɛn we dɛn de wɛr nia tɔŋ, Bulɔm, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Men, costume, women
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Bundu gyal dɛn wit dans drɛs, Bulɔm, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Women, costume, woman
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Bundu gyal dɛn wit dɛn fayn drɛs ɛn ay ed plet (Lisk-Carew poskad) 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Portrait, women, costume
Lisk-Carew, Alphonso · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Yɔŋ uman wit in bol fɔ was (Lisk-Carew poskad) 1930
Wan yɔŋ uman wit gɔŋ ɛn ɛdtay ol wan bol, ɛn wan tin we tan lɛk chɔk stik fɔ krin tit. Di wɔd dɛn we de pan di kad, "Country girl at toilet", na di studio yon: da tɛm de, "toilet" min fɔ was ɛn drɛs, ɛn "kɔntri" na di wɔd we Fritɔŋ bin de yuz fɔ pipul frɔm di Protɛktɔret. Di Lisk-Carew Brɔda dɛn, Fritɔŋ yon studio, mek am ɛn sɛl am as poskad. Dɛn nɔ rayt in nem. If yu no am, tɛl wi.
Lisk-Carew, Alphonso · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Gyal we de dans wit Bundu drɛs (Lisk-Carew poskad) 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Headdress, costume, girl
Lisk-Carew, Alphonso · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Gyal dɛn we de dans wit Bundu drɛs (Lisk-Carew poskad) 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Dance, costume, girls
Lisk-Carew, Alphonso · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Ed kɔm wit siks tit ɛn bɔn mak, 1931 Collected by 1931
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Comb
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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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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Ɛlmɛt mask wit ed plet ɛn mak we dɛn kav, 1931 Collected by 1931
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Mask
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Wunde ed-drɛs we dɛn plet ɛn kɔba wit pent klɔt, Mɛnde, 1931 Collected by 1931
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Huvudprydnad, head-dress
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Sande Society Mask (sowei), Sierra Leone, Sewa-Mende people, Monowulo workshop, c. 1945, wood, blackened raffia - Chazen Museum of Art - DSC
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Chif kap wit sɔw mak, Kuranko, Kabala Collected by 1957
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Headdress, head gear
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Kap wit sɔw mak, Kuranko, Kabala Collected by 1957
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Headdress, head gear
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Sowei mask, Sewa Mɛnde Collected by 1971
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Mask
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Sowei mask wit ay ed plet, Mɛnde Collected by 1983
Di titul we i bin gɛt: hjälmmask, Hjämmask
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Sowei mask, Mende - Glenbow Museum - DSC00251
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Salone, Mɛndɛ, kom wit smɔl mɔtalman ed ɔp, 20 sɛntri, 01
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Sierra leone, mende, pettine con estremità a testina umana, xx secolo 01
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Cotton and wool embroidered hat-Sierra Leone (British Museum)
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Cotton embroidered hat-Sierra Leone (British Museum) (1)
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Rawnd kap we dɛn sɔw ɔlsay wit kala tred, Musaia In the museum by 1974
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Headdress, costume, garment
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Bast at wit yɛlo ɛn blak tred (Tɛmnɛ pipul dɛn bin de wɛr am pas Mɛnde), 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Hat
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Bast at, Mɛnde, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Hat
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Uman we tinap, dɛn kav am wit wud ɛn put glas bid na in yes Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Figure, statue, sculpture
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Wunde ed-drɛs wit pent klɔt ɛn fɛda, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Main ornament, costume, head decoration
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Wooden sandal on raised heels Collected 1930–31
Wan sandal we dɛn kav frɔm wan pis wud ɛn we tinap pan il (di katalɔg kɔnt fo), wit rop bitwin di fut finga dɛn. We i ay so, di fut nɔ de go insay pɔtopɔto ɛn wata. Dɛn nɔ rayt udat bin de wɛr am ɔ usay. Gustaf Bolinder, wan Swidish ɛtnɔgrafa, bin gɛda am na 1930–31. If yu no dis kayn sandal, tɛl wi.
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Wooden sandal on raised heels (the other of the pair) Collected 1930–31
The pair to the sandal above: carved from wood and raised on heels to keep the foot out of mud and water. Collected by the Swedish ethnographer Gustaf Bolinder on his 1930–31 journey through Sierra Leone.
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Nɛklɛs we dɛn mek wit smɔl brawn sid, Vai, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Necklace
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Ɔn riŋ wit mak, Vai, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Ring, fingerring
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Ɔn riŋ, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Ring
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Ed kɔm wit fayv tit, we dɛn kav frɔm wan pis wud, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Comb
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Ed kɔm wit siks tit ɛn chen we dɛn kav, Vai, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Comb
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Bundu uman we dɛn kav, wit glas bid nɛklɛs, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Statuette, figure, sculpture
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Ɛlmɛt mask, Bolinder se na Poro mask, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Mask
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Sowei mask wit ay ed plet, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Mask
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Ɛlmɛt mask wit sɛvin pɔynt na di tap, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Mask
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Sowei mask wit plet ed In the museum by 1973
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Mask
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Nɛklɛs we dɛn mek wit ɔn we dɛn kɔt rawnd In the museum by 1974
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Necklace
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Bil: os, tɔŋ ɛn di bari
View of a mountain range and houses in Sierra Leone circa 1750
Jakob van der Schley / Pieter de Hondt · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
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
Robana Ayland ɛn Kiŋ Naimbana in vilej Printed 1894, drawn earlier
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Robanna Island, and the village of King Naimbanna
E. G. Ingham · Public domain · Internet Archive · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Bɔy pikin dɛn de bil vɛranda, St George's Kathidral Skul, Fritɔŋ, 1894 1894
Di titul we i bin gɛt: St. George's Cathedral School: boys building a verandah
E. G. Ingham · Public domain · Internet Archive · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Smɔl strit na Bɔnt, Shɛbro, wit frut stɔl, 1901 1901
Di titul we i bin gɛt: A side street scene at Bonthe, Sherbro. In the little shed to the right is a fruit stall
T. J. Alldridge · Public domain · Internet Archive · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Kinta, Kuranko tɔŋ we dɛn bil midul big big ston, Balia, 1901 1901
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Town of Kinta, Balia, Kuranko country, showing the boulder-covered ground
T. J. Alldridge · Public domain · Internet Archive · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
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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The Yassi society's medicine house under a cotton tree (Alldridge, 1901) 1901
Di titul we i bin gɛt: The Sherbro and its hinterland (1901) (14780942714)
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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
Mabile tɔŋ na di Rokel Riva, 1910 1910
Di titul we i bin gɛt: The town of Mabile on the Rokel River
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Wɔ fɛns: di stik fɛns we bin de rawnd bɔku tɔŋ, 1910 1910
Di titul we i bin gɛt: War fences: formerly most of the towns were surrounded by these fences or stockades
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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.
Bush Huts, Sierra Leone Lisk-Carew postcard, c. 1905–1920s
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeoneP009
Lisk-Carew Brothers, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Copyright Sierra Leone: photographs: 50 years after publication. See https://www.sierra-leone.org/Laws/2011-08.pdf · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
BEATTY(1915) Fig15 A native village published 1915
Beatty, Kenneth James, (Sir); Sierra Leone. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
BEATTY(1915) Fig17 A native village published 1915
Beatty, Kenneth James, (Sir); Sierra Leone. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
BEATTY(1915) Fig19 A waterside village published 1915
Beatty, Kenneth James, (Sir); Sierra Leone. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Di dɔ fɔ wan Poro bush, 1916 1916
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Entrance (guarded) to the sacred Porro bush
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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)
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Mano vilej, Mɛnde kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Landscape, village
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Insay wan Mɛnde tɔŋ, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Village, house
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Insay wan Mɛnde tɔŋ: os ɛn klɔt we de dray, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Village, house
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Bari, Mɛnde kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Os: lɔng os wit tach, Mɛnde kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Os wit tach, Mɛnde kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Rawnd os ɛn lɔng os, Mɛnde kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Rawnd os wit pent na di bɔtɔm, Mɛnde kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Rawnd os dɛn wit ay tach, Mɛnde kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Os dɛn na wan lɛn, Mɛnde kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Skwe os ɔnda rawnd rof, Mɛnde kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Rawnd os, Mɛnde kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Tɔŋ fɛns, Kisi kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Landscape, staket
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Rawnd get na tɔŋ fɛns, Kisi kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Staket, grind
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Insay wan Kisi tɔŋ, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Village, house
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Rawnd os dɛn insay wan Kisi tɔŋ, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House, village
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Bari, Kisi kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Rawnd os wit tach ɛn pent trayangul, Kisi kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Rawnd os dɛn wit tach, Kisi kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dɛn de bil os: di stik wɔl ɛn di rof stik dɛn, Kisi kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Di rod we de go na Blama, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Road, village
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Os bilda dɛn, Fritɔŋ (Lisk-Carew poskad) 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Building, house
Lisk-Carew, Alphonso · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Panguma (Lisk-Carew poskad) 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Berg, village, people
Lisk-Carew, Alphonso · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Person standing on top of hut - possibly building it? Two men on the ground holding tree branches 1934
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeone Hofstra 284
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Chiefs chair at the now deserted and overgrown hilltop site of old Yagala, Sierra Leone (west Africa) (2321508092) 1967
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Close-up of the remains of a stone-walled house at the deserted hilltop defensive site of Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1891925947) 1967
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Remains of stone-walled houses at the deserted hilltop defensive site of Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1892780770) 1967
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Village Huts 2015
Jeremiah james vandi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Wɔl mak we dɛn mek wit tu bod ɛn bɔn mak, Bulɔm, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Wall ornamentation
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Wɔl mak we dɛn mek wit tu bod, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Wall ornamentation
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Aw di mawnten dɛn we dɛn kɔl Salone tan; os dɛn na Salone 1747
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Vuë des Montagnes nommées Sierra Leona ; Maisons de Sierra Leona
Jacob van der Schley · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
04
Sawnd: ɔn, haap, drɔm ɛn shek-shek
Hunting horn, Sapi-Portuguese style, Bullom or Temne peoples, Sierra Leone, Late 15th century, Ivory, metal (2922770551) late 1400s
Cliff from Arlington, Virginia, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Oliphant (side-blown horn) (Temne or Bullom peoples) ca. 1490–1530
Temne or Bullom artist(s) · Public domain (CC0) · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Horn (Probably Mende people) 19th century
Probably Mende people artist · Public domain (CC0) · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Drum (Sierra Leonean ?) 19th century
Susu people ? · Public domain (CC0) · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A drummer, Mende country, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Drum, man
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Drummer pictured at centre of frame in a cleared rice field, smoke rising to the right 1934–36
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeone Hofstra 107
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Musicians, Panguma 1936 1934–36
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeone Hofstra 135
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A motion shot - man holding a drum looking up 1934–36
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeone Hofstra 209
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Masked 'gbini' dancer, Panguma 1936, man playing drum to the right while others look on 1934
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeone Hofstra 295
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
The drummer who accompanies the work on the rice fields, Panguma (Sierra Leone), early 1934 1934
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeoneHofstra2.15
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Musicians at a dance school near Freetown, 1967 1967
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Man
Martinsson, Erik · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Cloth 1982
Kadiato Kamara · Public domain (CC0) · Wereldmuseum (National Museum of World Cultures) · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Harp-lute with an antelope head, from Afzelius's collection of the 1790s 2002
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Musikinstrument, luta
Gabrielsson, Bo · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A musician playing, Panguma Photographed 1935
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeone025
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Harp-lute with an antelope head, collected in the 1790s Collected 1792–96
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Harpluta, instrument, cordophone
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dance rattle of wooden discs on a bent cane Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Rattle
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Drum Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Drum, musikinstrument
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Gourd rattle covered with seeds, used at Bundu dances Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Dance, skaste, rattle
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Udat yay
Udat mek dɛn rɛkɔd ya
Di pipul ɛn kɔlɛkshɔn dɛn we dɛn rɛkɔd ya kɔmɔt, ɛn usay fɔ fɛn ɛni wan. We wi sho sɔs, dat nɔ min se wi gri wit di pɔsin we mek am ɔ wit wetin i biliv.
Alphonso and Arthur Lisk-Carew
1905–1960sfrɔm insay
Salone fotograf dɛn we gɛt tu-stori studio na Fritɔŋ. Dɛn foto dɛn bin de kɔmɔt lɛk poskad, ɛn bɔku pan dɛn bin de sɛl to vizitɔ dɛn we kam wit ship.
Sɔs: Wikipedia ↗Kadiato Kamara
frɔm insay
Wan Salone dayman we mek di gara ɛn wax klɔt dɛn na ya fɔ di Wereldmuseum, ɛn dɛn rayt aw i tay, wax ɛn day ɛni wan: na in nɔmɔ na dis kɔlɛkshɔn we dɛn rayt in yon we fɔ mek.
Sɔs: Europeana ↗Gustaf Bolinder
1930–31
Wan Swidish ɛtnɔgrafa we travul na Salone ɛn Naijiria fɔ gɛda tin fɔ Stɔkhɔm myuziɔm. Bɔku pan di tin dɛn ɛn vilej foto dɛn na ya na in yon, ɛn dɛn rayt dɛn na Swidish bay tayp ("os tayp", "uman tayp"): wetin kɔlɛkta bin tink se fayn fɔ kɛr go os.
Sɔs: Europeana ↗Sjoerd Hofstra
1934–36
Wan Dɔch antropolojist we liv na Panguma fɔ tu ia, ɛn tek foto fɔ di ia in wok ɛn di pipul dɛn na di tɔŋ, sɔm wit dɛn nem.
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