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Link to larger image of RCS Y3047A/16
Classmark: RCS Y3047A/16
Originator: A C Gomes and Son
Title: Separating cloves from clove stems
Description: A view showing a group of Swahili pickers seated on rush mats around a pile of cloves. After the cloves have been separated from the stems they are placed on mats to dry in the sun.
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Link to larger image of RCS Y3047A/19
Classmark: RCS Y3047A/19
Originator: A C Gomes and Son
Title: Loading a dhow with cloves at Pemba
Description: A view showing a line of workers carrying sacks of cloves towards a dhow lying in the mud of a tidal estuary at Chake Chake, Pemba Island. '1910' is pencilled on the reverse.
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