Source [1,2,4,5]: @britishmuseum, sierraleoneheritage.org
Source [3]: @britishmuseum
Source [6]: The National Archives UK (@nationalarchivesuk) on flickr; Paul Basu
Source notes [1,2,4,5]: “Screwdriver (for flintlock gun); made of metal; wooden handle with knob carved on end, decorated with carved geometric patterns; flat blade extending out from handle, with L-shaped prong extending out from end; leather thong threaded through hole carved in end of handle. 17 cm H, 3.50 cm W, 1 cm D”
Source notes [3]: “Native made screw driver for turning screws in flint lock guns. Bafodia.”
Source notes [6]: From Paul Basu - “This photograph is one of a series that was researched as part of the ‘Archives, Histories, Landscapes: Surveying Sierra Leone’s Cultural Memoryscape’ project funded by the British Academy and led by Paul Basu at University College London. It was taken during the Anglo-French Boundary Commission of 1891-92, which sought to determine the boundary between French Guinea and what would become the British Protectorate of Sierra Leone…It is likely that this phtograph was taken in the town of Bafodia and shows members of the retinue of Chief Almami Suman.”
