Photographic Print

Black and white photographic print showing four young women, initiated into the Sande society, wearing traditional hair styles which bare resemblance to those depicted on many Sowei masks. One girl has her face painted, two other girls have scarification marks over their forehead and stomach. All the girls also bear similar body adornment, or jewellery, across the chest and round the neck. Written in pencil on the back of the image is Fig. 63, p.211 / Bundu [Sande] girls, Vassa Country . Published as Figure 63 in T. J. Alldridge, 1901, The Sherbro and Its Hinterland (London: Macmillan). Same as BMAG:WA900242.

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Further Information

  • Type: Photographs
  • Object: Photographic Print
  • Materials: Paper
  • Culture Group: Mende, Other
  • Dimensions: 164mm x 121mm
  • Production Date: 1890-1900
  • Associated Places: Vassa Country
  • Associated People: Thomas Joshua Alldridge (Photographer)
  • Museum: Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
  • Accession Number: BMAG:WA900278

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