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Bobo

Bobo


The Bobo people (number about 110 000 people)
live in Burkina Faso and Mali. They speak a Mandé language.
The Bobo are farmers, are politically non-centralized.

The Bobo use several words for "mask" (kore, sowiyera). They produce masks in leaves, fibers, wood, cloth.

The Bobo use masks in some major contexts: masks appear at harvest time in annual rites, participate in the male initiation, which is their major function and participate in funerals.
Composite face mask II

Composite face mask II

Mask
Wood, ornate
High 96 cm

Price on demant
Composite face mask I

Composite face mask I

Mask
Wood, ornate
High 72 cm

Price on demant
Zoomorphic face mask I

Zoomorphic face mask I

Mask
Wood, ornate
High 90 cm

Price on demant