# Inspector task sheet

Mame Coumba Bang: reconstructing a lost guardian-spirit painting

## 1. Trace the earliest accessible record

For Mame Coumba Bang: reconstructing a lost guardian-spirit painting, record author or storyteller, collection date, language, translation, page and exact scope. Distinguish evidence of a story being told from evidence of its events. Note which full documents remain unavailable.

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## 2. Investigate the central question

Compare dated press descriptions and interview wording while separating observation, accusation and interpretation. Search authorized exhibition and conservation archives for images and material records. Keep the artwork's history separate from claimed supernatural agency.

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## 3. Compare explanations without merging evidence

Compare documented interviews and contemporaneous records without identifying unnamed people. Compare exhibition records, photographs and conservation inventories. Preserve contradictions and unsuccessful searches; proposed work remains unperformed.

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