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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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Soso song

Ethnomusicological sound recording made by Cootje van Oven. Soso song, accompanied by two balangi, one bote, one baba and one yimbei. The performers a...

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