Photographic Print

Black and white photographic print showing three women near the edge of a forest. Two are pounding rice with long sticks into high wooden mortars; the woman in the middle is holding a broad shallow basket, or rice fan. Written in pencil on back of photograph 50? / Fig. 27, p. 94 / Native women cleaning rice, Bonthe, Sherbro / Alldridge Neg List No 40 . Published as Figure 27 in T. J. Alldridge, 1901, The Sherbro and Its Hinterland (London: Macmillan).

Further Information

• Type: Photographs
• Object: Photographic Print
• Materials: Paper
• Culture Group: Sherbro
• Dimensions: 165mm x 120mm
• Production Date: 1890-1900
• Associated Places: Bonthe, Sherbro Island
• Associated People: Thomas Joshua Alldridge (Photographer)
• Museum: Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
• Accession Number: BMAG:WA900272

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