Mask, "bolo
Bobo, Burkina Faso
Mit Sockel / with base
wood. H 50,5 cm.
Provenance:
- Swiss private collection, Solothurn.
- Koller Auctions, Zurich (08.12.2007, lot 317).
- Swiss private collection, Geneva.
- HDV Piguet, Geneva (05.06.2023, lot 3011).
The Bobo are an ethnic group in Burkina Faso and Mali. They have a varied mask tradition, and the functions of the masks are as numerous as their formal diversity.
Further reading:
Roy, Christopher (2007). Land of the Flying Masks. Munich: Prestel.
CHF 800 / 1 200
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