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Koranko Mask

Sierra Leone National Museum

Sierra Leone National Museum
Freetown, Sierra Leone

This large mask is unusual as has metal strip ornamentation, and a metal container strapped to the forehead. Other known examples with metal strips were collected in the late 19th, and early 20th, century. The original records describe it as the face of a Koranko woman , although it may actually be a Koranko mampiri mask, which has a similar entertainment usage as the gongoli. .

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  • Title: Koranko Mask
  • Location Created: Sierra Leone
  • Type: Masks, headdresses
  • Original Source: Sierra Leone Heritage
  • Medium: Wood, Metal, Vegetable, organic fibre, Textile
  • Culture group: Kuranko, Other
  • Accession number: SLNM.1964.39.01
Sierra Leone National Museum

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