BOZO MASKS

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Bozo
Mask 5
32", $2000

 

Bozo
Mask 8
47" high x 61" wide
$2000

 

Bozo
Mask 1
58"$500

Bozo
Mask 2
56"$1500

Bozo
Mask 3
79"$700

 

Bozo
Mask 4
SOLD

 

Bozo
Mask 6
SOLD

 

Bozo
Mask 7
14", $350

Photographs © Tim Hamill

These large colorful masks are assembled from several pieces of wood, carved, then decorated with paint, metal and fabric. They were sometimes displayed on boat prows, since the Bozo fish on the Niger River. They are neighbors to the Bamana and Marka who also make masks covered in metal.

 

These masks are probably authentic but except for 4, 5 and 6 show few signs of age or use.

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