Hunting Society Wooden Gun

A wooden replica gun that was acquired by the Sierra Leone National Museum as part of a complete Hunting Society masquerade outfit. Guns such as this are carried by members of the Hunting Society accompanying the masked figure. The Museum's acquisitions register records that Its use is made to imitate a hunting expedition to non-members of the society. The imitation is always performed by the devil [i.e. masked figure] or any member of the society called upon to dance.