Mampiri Mask

Sierra Leone National Museum
Freetown, Sierra Leone

This Sierra Leone National museum describe this as a mampiri mask, the Koranko equivalent to a gongoli, or kongoli, mask, used for providing light entertainment. It is complete with its raffia fringing.

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Details

Title: Mampiri Mask
Location Created: Sierra Leone
Type: Masks, headdresses
Original Source: Sierra Leone Heritage
Medium: Wood, Vegetable, organic fibre
Culture group: Kuranko
Accession number: SLNM.1969.08.01

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