BOBO people

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Ralph Proctor Gallery

Buffalo Mask (Lalo)

Bwa or Nuna Burkina Faso Carved and painted wood Measurements 25 x 16 x 7 inches Repository UWM Art Collection

Bobo people during ceremony Burkina Faso/Mali

Indigenous Wisdom — Bobo people during ceremony Burkina Faso/Mali

Sold at auction African Polychrome Carved Wood Mask Auction Number 2533B Lot Number 216 | Skinner Auctioneers

Africa | Plank style mask from the Bobo people | Wood with black, white and dark red pigmentation

Twentieth-century painted wooden Bwa leper mask from Burkina Faso; the mask represents lepers, believed to facilitate contact with the spirit world. (Metropolitan Museum of Art) Ethnic, Africa Art, African Pattern

Ethnic

Africa Art

African Pattern

Leper Mask | Bwa peoples | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Twentieth-century painted wooden Bwa leper mask from Burkina Faso; the mask represents lepers, believed to facilitate contact with the spirit world. (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Sculptures

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Africa | Bobo mask dancing in Bwa purification ritual. Burkina Faso. | ©Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher

Plank Mask (Nwantantay) | Bwa peoples | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

BWA 19th–20th century Burkina Faso, Black Volta River region Wood, pigment, fiber Dimensions: H. 72 x W. 11 1/8 x D. 10 1/4 in. (182.9 x 28.2 x 26 cm)