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Description

This image shows a woman wearing a bright yellow shirt and bright orange skirt carrying a bundle of driftwood over her head and shoulders while walking along the edge of the water. A man is swimming in the water along the bottom right of the photograph. The photographer notes that women would walk for miles to collect the wood to burn or smoke it in order to convert it into charcoals to sell at the market place. Some was used for cooking their meal.

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Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Approximate Creation Date

1975-1980

Time Period

1970-1979, 1980-1989

Subjects

Liberia--History--1971-1980; Liberia--Pictorial works

Keywords

Liberia

Geographic Location

Liberia, Africa

Object Type

image

Format (original)

JPG

Format (digital)

JPG

Digital ID

Village woman carrying firewood

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, Manuscripts Unit, Jerry Boyd Jones Digital Photographs Collection

Digital Collection Title

Jerry Boyd Jones Digital Photographs Collection

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Keywords

Liberia

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