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Bozo wooden mask from Mali, 40 cm high and 14 cm wide, with vivid polychromy and an elongated zoomorphic form, in good condition with age-related wear and stains; acquired from a private collection.
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Bozo Mask
Bozo fish mask
Bozo polychromy of African art sculptures from Mali
Vibrant colors for this elongated zoomorphic African mask. Signs of wear. The Bozo, mostly fishermen and farmers, live in the northern part of the Bambara country in the inner Niger delta and remain semi-nomadic to this day, moving their settlements according to the seasonal floods. A Mandé-speaking people, they speak Sorogame. Within their group, one distinguishes the Sorko or Sorogo, the Hain, and the Tie. Beyond their remarkable masks, the Bozo and the Bambara are renowned for their puppets of varying sizes and often articulated, exhibited during the Sogow bo puppet theater which is organized at the initiative of the village youths, mainly in the Ségou region, and which plays an educational role. The invention of these puppets is attributed to the bush spirits who abducted Toboji Centa, a Bozo fisherman.
Art African > African mask >
Bozo Mask
Bozo fish mask
Bozo polychromy of African art sculptures from Mali
Vibrant colors for this elongated zoomorphic African mask. Signs of wear. The Bozo, mostly fishermen and farmers, live in the northern part of the Bambara country in the inner Niger delta and remain semi-nomadic to this day, moving their settlements according to the seasonal floods. A Mandé-speaking people, they speak Sorogame. Within their group, one distinguishes the Sorko or Sorogo, the Hain, and the Tie. Beyond their remarkable masks, the Bozo and the Bambara are renowned for their puppets of varying sizes and often articulated, exhibited during the Sogow bo puppet theater which is organized at the initiative of the village youths, mainly in the Ségou region, and which plays an educational role. The invention of these puppets is attributed to the bush spirits who abducted Toboji Centa, a Bozo fisherman.
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Era
Before 1400
Culture
Ancient Asian
Number of objects
1
Century/timeframe
1900-200
Material
Wood
Acquired from
Private collection
Country of origin
Mali
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes
Country acquired from
Africa
Height
40 cm
Previous owner acquired from
Private collection
Width
14 cm
Previous owner - country acquired from
Africa
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