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Collection	Volunteer Photos
Photo Title	Liberian Folklore
Photo Description	These children are half siblings of my next door neighbors where I taught school in Kolahun, Lofa County, Liberia, West Africa. At the time, they were both too young to have names, so they were known as "Little Old Lady" and "Little Old Man." They are sitting on the front stoop of my cement plastered adobe house. This picture was taken on one of the many market days they were left to play around my house while their mothers went shopping for a couple hours in the weekly town market. In the Mandingo custom, Little Old Lady wears one gold earring in each ear to announce her bride price is one cow. By the time I left three years later, she was wearing 6 earrings in each ear. She would grow to become a beautiful woman with a pleasing personality to match.
Contributor	Frederick Lange
Region	Africa Region
Country of Service	Liberia
Service Dates (Beginning)	1970
Service Dates (Ending)	1972
Sector	Education
Decade	1970s
Keywords	Children
Resource Type	Photo
Format	JPG
Additional Country of Service	Micronesia, Federated States of
Dates (Beginning)	1969
Dates (Ending)	1969
Additional Tour Sector	Education
Date created	2011-08-26

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