Anthropomorphic helmet mask "bolo" · Burkina Faso, Bobo · ID: 3044724
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Provenance
Alfred L. Scheinberg, New York, USAStewart J. Warkow, New York, USA
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
Size
H: 39 cm
H: 15.4 inch
Description
wood, old place of repair, base
This genre of helmet mask is worn by blacksmiths at important agricultural celebrations, initiation rites, and funerals in Bobo communities. In performances, “bolo” function primarily to provide entertainment.
The object Anthropomorphic helmet mask “bolo” with the object ID 3044724 was last part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art at November 17, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 115.
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