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Carved Female Figure
A black wooden figure of a girl. The Glasgow Museum catalogue notes that this figure represents a Mende girl prior to initiation into the Sande societ...
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Mende praise song
Ethnomusicological sound recording made by Cootje van Oven. Mende praise song for Chief Kaikai, followed by tuning of kongoma. The item is accompanied...
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