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Masks of the Koranko Poro: Form, Function and Comparison to the Toma by Neil Carey Amherst MA: Ethnos Publications, 2007. 64 pages, 1 chart, 2 maps, 3 drawings, 15 color photographs, 10 b/w photographs, references, index. $32.50 cloth
reviewed by Annemieke Van Damme-Linseele
Looking at the cover and title of this book it seems promising; upon opening, it rather disappoints by the short page count and the low quality and small size of the illustrations. A lot can be said about the minor morphological qualities of this work, mainly to do with the fact that the author first intended to write an article but, exceeding the normal article length, turned it into a booklet with a rather indistinct structure. I regret the division the author made into die chapters "Comparison of Koranko and Toma Masks" and "A Revisitation of Published Examples." One section noting the typical morphological characteristics of, on one hand, the Koranko masks and, on the other, of Lorna (Toma) masks, illustrated both by...