[Basket-making], 1903
Scope and Contents
Smithson has pencilled '26/8' next to the following notes: '40. Making baskets - fresh gathered leaves at back - white (?) hair - also for carrying water. Beside copra the last few years has seen the development of cocoa growing in fact one may now say there is a cocoa 'boom' soil is found very suitable and land has increased in price - nearly every one has a plantation - '.
Dates
- 1903
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Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
26/8
General
KS.
Finding aid date
2003-10-07 15:16:07+00:00
Creator
- From the Fonds: Smithson, John Snowden, fl1903 (Person)
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