Photographic Print

Black and white photographic print showing a ndoli jowei, or dancing sowei. The masked dancer wears a helmet mask, trousers and a dyed black raffia cape. The mask type resembles masks of an early date, identified as Gola. The photograph was taken by Alldridge in 1899. This is an albumen print. The photograph was published as Figure 48 in T. J. Alldridge, 1901, The Sherbro and Its Hinterland (London: Macmillan) with the caption Bundu devil with attendant Digbas.

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Further Information

  • Type: Photographs
  • Object: Photographic Print
  • Materials: Paper
  • Culture Group: Mende
  • Dimensions: 151mm [L] x 112mm [W]
  • Production Date: 1850-1900
  • Associated Places: Unknown
  • Associated People: Thomas Joshua Alldridge (Photographer)
  • Museum: British Museum
  • Accession Number: BM:Af.B84.21

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