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The Beri - Nyâna, or men's devil of Western Liberia (the Bundu of Sierra Leone)

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Liberia

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. The New York Public Library

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Keywords

  1. Africa
  2. Liberia
  3. Manners & Customs
  4. Masks, African
  5. Masquerades

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