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Figure: Head
Temne or Bullom
16th century

Miniature mask
Kono artist
19th–20th century

Helmet Mask: Mother and Child
Mende or Temne peoples
19th–20th century

Mende peoples

mid–20th century

Seated figure
Temne or Bullom
12th–16th century

Seated Figure
Temne or Bullom
16th century (?)

Madam Hamonyah, chief of Kennema
1905–1907

Helmet Mask (Bundu)
Mende peoples
19th–20th century

Figure: Seated Male
Temne or Bullom
16th century (?)

Mende peoples

1989

Helmet Mask (Bundu)
Mende peoples
19th–20th century

Obah
Sierra Leonean
late 19th century

Collection of narrow bands

Mende peoples

mid–20th century

Sande Helmet Mask
Mende peoples
20th century

Staff: Female Figure
Mende peoples
19th–20th century

Drum
Susu people ?
19th century

Interior Hanging
Mende, Vai, or Temne peoples
early–mid-19th century

Man's tunic and cap

Sierra Leone

mid–20th century

Oliphant (side-blown horn)
Temne or Bullom
16th century

Koumdyeh
Sarakole People
late 19th century

Oba or Kani
Limba or Kru people
late 19th century

Kpoikpoi (prestige hanging)
Mende or Vai peoples
early 20th century

Man's Tunic and Cap

Mende peoples

mid–20th century

Hunter's Cap
Mande peoples
20th century (?)

Figure: Head
Temne or Bullom
16th century (?)

Sierra Leone

mid–20th century

Figure Fragment: Female
Temne (?)
19th–20th century

Mende peoples

mid–20th century

Sande Helmet Mask (?)
Mende peoples
19th–20th century

Helmet Mask
Mende peoples
19th–20th century

Angkongtho or Ebuke
Sierra Leonean
mid-20th century

Humui helmet mask
Mende or Sherbro
19th–20th century

Bundoo Girls – Sierra Leone
Alphonso Lisk-Carew
ca. 1905–25

Spoon with figure
Temne or Bullom
ca. 1490–1530

Sierra Leone

mid–20th century

Horn
Probably Mende people
19th century

Saltcellar Base
Temne or Bullom
15th–16th century

Figure: Female
Mende peoples
19th–20th century

Lidded saltcellar
Temne or Bullom
ca. 1490–1530