Colony and protectorate · 1896–1960
Mask,sosaytiɛnbiliv
Sande (Bondo) ɛn Poro sosayti ɛn dɛn dɛbul, nomoli ɛn minsere figa, ɛn chɔch ɛn mɔsk. Foto dɛn bɔt sosayti tin de biɛn notis, fɔ rɛspɛkt.
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
A Masked Poro dancer from Secret Society Photographed 1930–31
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Bird Figure for Poro Society (Sejen) late 19th or early 20th century
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Helmet Mask (Zogbe) for Sande Society early 20th century
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Helmet Mask (Gbetu) early 20th century
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Standing Male Figure early 20th century
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Ceremonial Hanging early 20th century
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Helmet Mask (ndoli jowei) for Sande Society late 19th-early 20th century
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Gongoli Mask late 19th or early 20th century
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Bundu mask, National Museum of World Cultures (AM-123-1) In the museum by the 1950s, it seems
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Bundu-masker- Stichting Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen - AM-123-1
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Costume Photographed 1935
Eberl-Elber, Ralph · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Drawing of a statue of the Bundu (Sande) society Photographed 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: fotografi, photograph
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
The Bundu girls' enclosure, Kissi country, 1930–31 Photographed 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: fotografi, photograph
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Wunde society masqueraders as bird spirits, Mende country, 1930–31 Photographed 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Man
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Wooden mask, catalogued as Poro, Mende Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Mask
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Figure, sculpture Collected 1930–31
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Wooden face mask Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Mask, ansiktsmask
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Carved crocodile-head mask with iron teeth, Bullom Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Mask
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Bundu (Sande) society figure in an embroidered apron Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Figure, statue, sculpture
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Uman we tinap, dɛn kav am wit wud ɛn put glas bid na in yes Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Figure, statue, sculpture
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Wunde ed-drɛs wit pent klɔt ɛn fɛda, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Main ornament, costume, head decoration
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Bast costume worn with a Poro mask Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Costume, dress, garb
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Brass ceremonial axe, carried by elders as a sign of rank Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Signs of dignity, axe
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Horn amulet with five holes, worn round the neck Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Horn, amulet
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Silver-covered horn carried by newly initiated Bundu girls, Vai Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Horn
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Leather-covered horn worn by Poro boys after initiation, Vai Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Horn
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Whistle of a hollow fruit, blown by Poro initiates, Vai Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Whistle
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Gourd rattle covered with seeds, used at Bundu dances Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Dance, skaste, rattle
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Dance whip Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Piska, danspiska, whip
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Bundu uman we dɛn kav, wit glas bid nɛklɛs, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Statuette, figure, sculpture
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Figure of a woman with a lidded bowl on her head and snakes on her arms, Kono Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Statuette
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Figure of a man wrapped in snakes, Kono Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Statuette
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Carved bird, black with white spots, Vai Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Statuette
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Bundu (Sande) helmet mask crowned with a long-necked head, Vai Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Mask
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Ɛlmɛt mask, Bolinder se na Poro mask, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Mask
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Sowei mask wit ay ed plet, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Mask
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Mask Collected 1930–31
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Ɛlmɛt mask wit sɛvin pɔynt na di tap, 1931 Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Mask
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Old figure of a long-necked woman Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Statuette
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Wooden mask, smoothed and blackened In the museum by 1953
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Mask
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Gola Helmet Mask (Gbetu) with Raffia Costume Brooklyn Museum early to mid 20th century
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
HelmetMask-BMA Twentieth century
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Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
The Poro Secret Society, Groups of Jasso men Probably photographed 1930–31
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