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Sowei Mask
A carved wooden helmet mask used by the exclusively female Sande (Mende) or Bondo/Bundu (Temne) societies. The mask is traditionally worn by a high-ra...
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Fula drumming
Ethnomusicological sound recording made by Cootje van Oven. Drumming by two jimberu and one fifaru players. The jimberu is a conical wooden drum with...
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