A rock lined pit near Pendembu used for soaking palm kernels in the extraction of palm oil
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: SL-27-1

 M 2 SIL 27.1 CDC 80
label: Local Note
content: Selgem EE14001200
label: Local Note
content: Slide included in the Christopher DeCorse Collection.
label: Local Note
content: The slide was taken in the Guinea Coast region.
label: Local Note
content: A photographic print resides in the collection.
label: Local Note
content: Series Reference: 27.1.
label: Local Note
content: Frame value is 1.
label: Local Note
content: Slide No. M 2 SIL 27.1 CDC 80
name: label: Photographer
content: DeCorse, Christopher R.
label: Collection Photographer
content: DeCorse, Christopher R.
place: label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Sierra Leone
topic: label: Topic
content: Agriculture
creator: label: Photographer
content: DeCorse, Christopher R.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Christopher DeCorse photographs
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content: Christopher DeCorse photographs / Sierra Leone
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1834
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
label: Type
content: Color slides
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Color slides
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Donor notes read: "A rock lined pit near Pendembu used for soaking palm kernels in the extraction of palm oil. The kernels are soaked in the water filled pit then broken up by workers who stamp on the soaking kernels with their feet. As the kernels are broken up the oil comes out; it is then scooped out of the pit and placed in a large pot where it is boiled to eliminate excess water. In this slide the discarded shells of palm kernels can be seen at left. The fire which is used to boil the oil is in the background. This rock lined pit had a drain at the bottom which emptied into the nearby Mauwa River. Taken May-July 6, 1980. The date on the slide is JUL 80."