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Country Cloth

This is a contemporary piece of country cloth, that entered the British Museum in 2002. Country cloth is a thick, heavy, cloth, traditionally made fro...

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Carved Female Figures

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Sherbro/Mende Drumming

Ethnomusicological sound recording made by Cootje van Oven. The sangbai is a conical drum with one skin and a rattling or buzzing extension. It is pla...

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