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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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