Tongo Player Gown

This gown is composed of strips of cream and light blue country cloth, sewn together to make a striped gown. This example is thought to have been worn by the chief officer of the Tongo Players, Gbowa-mo-Nepo

Further Information

  • Type: Costume, dress
  • Object: Tongo Player Gown
  • Materials: Textile
  • Culture Group: Mende, Sherbro
  • Dimensions: 760mm
  • Production Date: Pre 1910
  • Associated Places: Sierra Leone (Created); Sherbro District (Collected)
  • Associated People: L. Probyn (Donor); G. W. Page (Collector)
  • Museum: World Museum Liverpool Sierra Leone Collection
  • Accession Number: LIVCM.17.12.10.1

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