Helmet mask "bolo" · Burkina Faso, Bobo · ID: 3052230

Name: Helmet mask "bolo"
SKU: 3052230
Price: 2000 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

Sold EUR 2,000

Provenance

Ilia Malichin, Baden-Baden, Germany (1992)
Lempertz, Brussels, Belgium, 31 March 2012, lot 10
German Private Collection, Gaggenau

Size

H: 36 cm

H: 14.2 inch

Description

wood, pigments, base

“Bolo” type masks serve as popular entertainment masks at performances that are open to the public such as funerals, initiations, harvest festivals and other celebrations.

Their performance is extremely athletic, with the mask spinning wildly around and around, leaping high into the air.

The object Helmet mask “bolo” with the object ID 3052230 was last part of the auction Auction 105 at November 15, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 246 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.

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