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Sowei Mask
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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Mende song
Ethnomusicological sound recording made by Cootje van Oven. Mende song, sung by an all-female group as pictured in the photograph. This unaccompanied...
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