Photographic Print

Black and white photographic print of Mammy, or Madame, Yoko; the paramount chief of Moyamba. Mammy Yoko worked closely with the colonial authorities of Freetown and is described here as a queen. She is sitting in the centre, shown with members of the Sierra Leone Frontier Police. This photo is part of a collection from an album put together by William Vivian in 1889; Vivian was a Missionary with the United Methodist Free Churches, and is likely to have taken the photographs himself. This is an albumen print.

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Further Information

• Type: Photographs
• Object: Photographic Print
• Materials: Paper
• Culture Group: Mende
• Dimensions: 106mm [L] x 155mm [W]
• Production Date: 1888-1889
• Associated Places: Unknown
• Associated People: William McArthur; William Vivian (Photographer)
• Museum: British Museum
• Accession Number: BM:Af.A69.3

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