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Lot n° 159
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[SIERRA LEONE - MENDE]. PHILLIPS, Ruth. Representing Woman. - Lot 159
[SIERRA LEONE - MENDE]. PHILLIPS, Ruth. Representing Woman. Sande Masquerades of the Mende of Sierra Leone.
Los Angeles, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1995.
In-4 paperback, color illustrated cover.
199 pages, numerous black and color photographs in and out of text. Two-column text in English.
Cover slightly scuffed, scratched and faded.
Ruth B. Phillips' fascinating study of the representation of women in the masquerades of the Mende people of Sierra Leone. The masquerade consists of a wooden face mask reserved exclusively for women within the Sande society, a female initiation society present in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire.
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