Tongo Player Gown

This gown is composed of strips of cream and light blue country cloth, sewn together to make a striped gown. This example is thought to have been worn by the chief officer of the Tongo Players, Gbowa-mo-Nepo

Further Information

• Type: Costume, dress
• Object: Tongo Player Gown
• Materials: Textile
• Culture Group: Mende, Sherbro
• Dimensions: 760mm
• Production Date: Pre 1910
• Associated Places: Sierra Leone (Created); Sherbro District (Collected)
• Associated People: L. Probyn (Donor); G. W. Page (Collector)
• Museum: World Museum Liverpool Sierra Leone Collection
• Accession Number: LIVCM.17.12.10.1

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