Mask - Mali (No reserve price)

An old zoomorphic caryatid stool, lacquered with a reddish paint featuring colorful motifs. Abrasions and desiccation cracks. The Bozo, mostly fishermen and farmers, live in the northern part of the Bambara country in the inner Niger Delta and today they remain semi-nomadic, moving their dwellings with the seasonal floods. A Mandé-speaking people, they speak Sorogama. Within their group, one distinguishes the Sorko or Sorogo, the Hain, and the Tie. In addition to their remarkable masks, the Bozo and the Bambara are renowned for their puppets of varying sizes and frequently articulated, exhibited during the Sogow Bo puppet theatre which is organized at the initiative of village youths, mainly in