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Embodying the Amistad revolt is the charismatic leader Cinque. Who he was and what cultural forces prepared him to take command and, ultimately to find a way to lead the Amistad captives home, is a critical factor in the events that unfolded in 1839. Thanks to a remarkable private collection of West African masks and other artifacts from Sierra Leone, the Yale Peabody Museum will be able to illuminate this aspect of the Amistad story. The superb collection from which this exhibition is drawn offers a unique opportunity to give a deeper sense of context to the Amistad events by displaying masks that were crucial to the meaning of home, safety, knowledge, and protection for the captives who revolted on the Amistad. Masks represent the power and the meanings of the lives of the Mende people more deeply and more intimately than any other object. The masks and other artifacts will be complemented by rare photographs and field recordings of Mende initiation rites, giving Peabody Museum visitors a unique view of Mende men and women?s culture.

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